M3.3 earthquake 8 km ENE of Karaburun, Turkey
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 8 km ENE of Karaburun, Turkey on Sat, Oct 21, 2006, 9:50 PM GMT+3 (18:50 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 5 km SW of Eresós, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-10-21 18:50:13 UTC
- Depth
- 19.0 km (11.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.657° N, 26.603° 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 usp000evqu. 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
- 187°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.210 km SE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7281 days ago · 56 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.110 km SW of Kemalpa?a, Turkey · 7281 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.32 km SE of Menemen, Turkey · 7281 days ago · 39 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.518 km NW of Vrontádos, Greece · 7275 days ago · 50 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.210 km SW of Karaburun, Turkey · 7265 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.332 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 7265 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.329 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 7264 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.330 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 7262 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.39 km NNE of Samos, Greece · 7255 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.718 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7255 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.531 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 7254 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.415 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 7251 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.05 km SW of Eresós, Greece · 7241 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.41 km SSW of Eresós, Greece · 7241 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.318 km SSW of Plomári, Greece · 7241 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.22 km NE of Oinoússes, Greece · 7239 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.27 km SSE of Özdere, Turkey · 7238 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.113 km ENE of Urla, Turkey · 7234 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.213 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 7232 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.511 km W of Pétra, Greece · 7230 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.48 km SW of Karaburun, Turkey · 7229 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.09 km NE of Kokkári, Greece · 7229 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.213 km WNW of Ku?adas?, Turkey · 7229 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
Before
- 4.015 km N of Dikili, Turkey · 7290 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.89 km S of Loutrá, Greece · 7292 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.222 km N of Oinoússes, Greece · 7294 days ago · 31 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.46 km SSW of Menderes, Turkey · 7304 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.13 km ENE of Foça, Turkey · 7310 days ago · 43 km deep · 17 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000evqu. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:02 AM UTC.