M3.4 earthquake 8 km SW of Karaburun, Turkey
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 8 km SW of Karaburun, Turkey on Sat, Dec 16, 2006, 5:41 PM GMT+2 (15:41 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 30 km NW of Psará, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-12-16 15:41:50 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.590° N, 26.430° 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 usp000f0bv. 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
- 171°
- Stations used
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 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 · 98 km away
- 3.37 km WNW of Urla, Turkey · 7223 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.122 km SSW of Plomári, Greece · 7222 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.213 km W of Chios, Greece · 7222 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.510 km E of Vrontádos, Greece · 7219 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.29 km ESE of Polichnítos, Greece · 7209 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.412 km SW of Psará, Greece · 7206 days ago · 51 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.510 km SSE of Menderes, Turkey · 7200 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.630 km NNW of Psará, Greece · 7199 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.330 km NW of Psará, Greece · 7199 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.127 km NW of Psará, Greece · 7191 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.330 km NW of Psará, Greece · 7190 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.530 km NW of Psará, Greece · 7187 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.821 km NW of Psará, Greece · 7180 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.022 km NW of Psará, Greece · 7179 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.731 km N of Psará, Greece · 7179 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.418 km W of Thymianá, Greece · 7179 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.69 km W of Manisa, Turkey · 7179 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.514 km E of Menemen, Turkey · 7179 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
Before
- 3.511 km W of Pétra, Greece · 7230 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.213 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 7232 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.113 km ENE of Urla, Turkey · 7234 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.27 km SSE of Özdere, Turkey · 7238 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.22 km NE of Oinoússes, Greece · 7239 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.318 km SSW of Plomári, Greece · 7241 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.41 km SSW of Eresós, Greece · 7241 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.05 km SW of Eresós, Greece · 7241 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.415 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 7251 days ago · 28 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.531 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 7254 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.718 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7255 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.39 km NNE of Samos, Greece · 7255 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f0bv. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:30 AM UTC.