M3.3 earthquake 14 km SW of Seferihisar, Turkey
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 14 km SW of Seferihisar, Turkey on Wed, Mar 29, 2006, 1:12 AM GMT+3 (22:12 UTC), 6 km (3 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
- 3.3 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-03-28 22:12:31 UTC
- Depth
- 5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.120° N, 26.711° 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 usp000ed5j. 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
- 183°, 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: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.418 km S of Plomári, Greece · 7489 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.420 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7486 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.610 km WNW of Alia?a, Turkey · 7484 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.34 km E of Plomári, Greece · 7483 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.622 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7479 days ago · 27 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.213 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7477 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.118 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7477 days ago · 31 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.120 km SSE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7472 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.414 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7472 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.720 km SW of Urla, Turkey · 7454 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.515 km NW of Yenifoça, Turkey · 7453 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.610 km N of Ayd?n, Turkey · 7452 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.49 km S of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7450 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.117 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7443 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.20 km NNW of Acarlar, Turkey · 7435 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
Before
- 3.322 km NNE of Néon Karlovásion, Greece · 7494 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.26 km N of Torbal?, Turkey · 7500 days ago · 57 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.218 km SW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7500 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.515 km NNE of Néon Karlovásion, Greece · 7502 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.019 km NNE of Néon Karlovásion, Greece · 7502 days ago · 32 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.413 km WSW of Menderes, Turkey · 7503 days ago · 27 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.521 km NE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7504 days ago · 31 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.111 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7505 days ago · 49 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.23 km NNW of Kokkári, Greece · 7506 days ago · 27 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.217 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7507 days ago · 40 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.416 km SW of Menemen, Turkey · 7512 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.310 km NNW of Kokkári, Greece · 7513 days ago · 24 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.513 km NNW of Urla, Turkey · 7515 days ago · 29 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.911 km SW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7518 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.57 km N of Davutlar, Turkey · 7523 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ed5j. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:37 AM UTC.