M3.5 earthquake 3 km SSW of Saruhanl?, Turkey
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 3 km SSW of Saruhanl?, Turkey on Wed, Aug 30, 2006, 12:33 AM GMT+3 (21:33 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 15 km N of Dikili, 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
- 2006-08-29 21:33:50 UTC
- Depth
- 14.1 km (8.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.708° N, 27.552° 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 usp000es22. 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
- 242°, 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: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.311 km WNW of Alia?a, Turkey · 7333 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.720 km N of Karaburun, Turkey · 7322 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.515 km WSW of Çandarl?, Turkey · 7322 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.37 km W of Çandarl?, Turkey · 7321 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.42 km N of Mytilene, Greece · 7320 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.13 km ENE of Foça, Turkey · 7310 days ago · 43 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.83 km SE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 7305 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.85 km ESE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 7305 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.515 km ESE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 7305 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.46 km SSW of Menderes, Turkey · 7304 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.89 km S of Loutrá, Greece · 7292 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.015 km N of Dikili, Turkey · 7290 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.38 km ENE of Karaburun, Turkey · 7285 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.92 km SW of Akhisar, Turkey · 7283 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.34 km SE of Akhisar, Turkey · 7283 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.210 km SE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7281 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.110 km SW of Kemalpa?a, Turkey · 7281 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.32 km SE of Menemen, Turkey · 7281 days ago · 39 km deep · 42 km away
Before
- 3.013 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7343 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.87 km ENE of Gömeç, Turkey · 7346 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.612 km ENE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7354 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.27 km ESE of Urla, Turkey · 7357 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.916 km S of Gömeç, Turkey · 7359 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.77 km SE of Saruhanl?, Turkey · 7359 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.310 km SSE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7365 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.810 km WSW of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 7367 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.58 km SE of Yeni?akran, Turkey · 7368 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000es22. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:14 AM UTC.