M3.5 earthquake 32 km SW of Kalkan, Turkey
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 32 km SW of Kalkan, Turkey on Tue, Jul 4, 2006, 8:16 PM GMT+3 (17:16 UTC), 44 km (27 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
- 3.5 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-07-04 17:16:33 UTC
- Depth
- 44.0 km (27.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.100° N, 29.110° 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 usp000emwm. 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
- 164°
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.922 km WSW of Ölüdeniz, Turkey · 7344 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.5Western Turkey · 7343 days ago · 36 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.3122 km SSW of Kalkan, Turkey · 7336 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 4.210 km E of Lárdos, Greece · 7397 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.034 km NNE of Kalkan, Turkey · 7399 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.136 km WSW of Elmal?, Turkey · 7399 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.644 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 7400 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.412 km W of Kalkan, Turkey · 7402 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.47 km NNE of Göcek, Turkey · 7407 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.525 km SSW of Sarigerme, Turkey · 7411 days ago · 55 km deep · 63 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000emwm. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:28 AM UTC.