M3.4 earthquake 12 km W of Kalkan, Turkey
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 12 km W of Kalkan, Turkey on Tue, Jun 27, 2006, 5:18 PM GMT+3 (14:18 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 22 km WSW of Ölüdeniz, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-06-27 14:18:08 UTC
- Depth
- 14.0 km (8.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.275° N, 29.274° 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 usp000emdf. 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
- 126°
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.136 km WSW of Elmal?, Turkey · 7400 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.034 km NNE of Kalkan, Turkey · 7399 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.532 km SW of Kalkan, Turkey · 7395 days ago · 44 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.922 km WSW of Ölüdeniz, Turkey · 7344 days ago · 16 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.5Western Turkey · 7343 days ago · 36 km deep · 30 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000emdf. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:25 AM UTC.