M3.0 earthquake 13 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 13 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey on Thu, Aug 24, 2006, 9:52 PM GMT+3 (18:52 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 9 km S of Loutrá, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-08-24 18:52:27 UTC
- Depth
- 26.0 km (16.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.180° N, 26.690° 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 usp000ernv. 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
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.53 km SSW of Saruhanl?, Turkey · 7338 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.210 km NNW of Agios Kirykos, Greece · 7337 days ago · 71 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.311 km WNW of Alia?a, Turkey · 7333 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.720 km N of Karaburun, Turkey · 7322 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.515 km WSW of Çandarl?, Turkey · 7322 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.37 km W of Çandarl?, Turkey · 7321 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.13 km ENE of Foça, Turkey · 7310 days ago · 43 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.46 km SSW of Menderes, Turkey · 7304 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.312 km SSW of Chóra, Greece · 7298 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.527 km NW of Agios Kirykos, Greece · 7297 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.222 km N of Oinoússes, Greece · 7294 days ago · 31 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.89 km S of Loutrá, Greece · 7292 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.38 km ENE of Karaburun, Turkey · 7286 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
Before
- 3.520 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7345 days ago · 28 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.77 km W of Megálo Chorió, Greece · 7352 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.612 km ENE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7354 days ago · 30 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.910 km NNW of Çe?me, Turkey · 7355 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.325 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7355 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.27 km ESE of Urla, Turkey · 7357 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.211 km SSW of Plomári, Greece · 7358 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.77 km SE of Saruhanl?, Turkey · 7360 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.411 km ENE of Oinoússes, Greece · 7362 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.67 km SSE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7362 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.310 km SSE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7365 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.58 km SE of Yeni?akran, Turkey · 7368 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.112 km WSW of Çandarl?, Turkey · 7369 days ago · 30 km deep · 81 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ernv. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:31 AM UTC.