M3.5 earthquake 4 km W of I??klar, Turkey
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 4 km W of I??klar, Turkey on Thu, Jan 5, 2006, 8:56 PM GMT+2 (18:56 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 20 km E of Gediz, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-01-05 18:56:01 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.675° N, 30.688° E
- Region
- Turkey
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000e7nn. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 145°
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.924 km NW of Gelendost, Turkey · 7563 days ago · 32 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.920 km E of Gediz, Turkey · 7554 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.79 km NE of Dinar, Turkey · 7548 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.36 km NE of Dinar, Turkey · 7529 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 3.16 km NW of Dinar, Turkey · 7583 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.926 km W of Yunak, Turkey · 7586 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.119 km NNE of Sultanda??, Turkey · 7587 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.816 km NNE of Sultanda??, Turkey · 7587 days ago · 29 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.218 km E of Bolvadin, Turkey · 7587 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e7nn. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:52 AM UTC.