M3.1 earthquake 11 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 11 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey on Fri, Mar 17, 2006, 12:10 PM GMT+2 (10:10 UTC), 49 km (30 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 13 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-03-17 10:10:54 UTC
- Depth
- 49.0 km (30.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.190° N, 26.710° 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 usp000ecba. 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
- 186°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.521 km NE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7503 days ago · 31 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.413 km WSW of Menderes, Turkey · 7502 days ago · 27 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.019 km NNE of Néon Karlovásion, Greece · 7501 days ago · 32 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.515 km NNE of Néon Karlovásion, Greece · 7501 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.218 km SW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7499 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.26 km N of Torbal?, Turkey · 7499 days ago · 57 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.322 km NNE of Néon Karlovásion, Greece · 7492 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.314 km SW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7492 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.418 km S of Plomári, Greece · 7487 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.420 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7485 days ago · 24 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.610 km WNW of Alia?a, Turkey · 7483 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.34 km E of Plomári, Greece · 7482 days ago · 39 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.622 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7478 days ago · 27 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.213 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7476 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.118 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7476 days ago · 31 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.120 km SSE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7471 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.414 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7471 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.720 km SW of Urla, Turkey · 7453 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.515 km NW of Yenifoça, Turkey · 7452 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.49 km S of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7449 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
Before
- 3.23 km NNW of Kokkári, Greece · 7505 days ago · 27 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.217 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7506 days ago · 40 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.416 km SW of Menemen, Turkey · 7511 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.310 km NNW of Kokkári, Greece · 7512 days ago · 24 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.513 km NNW of Urla, Turkey · 7514 days ago · 29 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.911 km SW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7517 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.57 km N of Davutlar, Turkey · 7522 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.45 km S of Oinoússes, Greece · 7523 days ago · 29 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.27 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7523 days ago · 19 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.35 km WSW of Ku?adas?, Turkey · 7526 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.11 km S of Marathókampos, Greece · 7530 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.05 km SSE of Söke, Turkey · 7532 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.95 km SW of Söke, Turkey · 7533 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ecba. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:39 PM UTC.