M3.3 earthquake 7 km WNW of Urla, Turkey
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 7 km WNW of Urla, Turkey on Sat, Dec 23, 2006, 3:18 AM GMT+2 (01:18 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 9 km W of Manisa, 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
- 2006-12-23 01:18:27 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.347° N, 26.681° 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 usp000f0te. 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
- 173°
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.122 km SSW of Plomári, Greece · 7222 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.213 km W of Chios, Greece · 7222 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.510 km E of Vrontádos, Greece · 7218 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.88 km S of Selçuk, Turkey · 7213 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.29 km ESE of Polichnítos, Greece · 7209 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.510 km SSE of Menderes, Turkey · 7200 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.418 km W of Thymianá, Greece · 7179 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.69 km W of Manisa, Turkey · 7178 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.514 km E of Menemen, Turkey · 7178 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.512 km W of Karaburun, Turkey · 7166 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
Before
- 3.216 km SSE of Turgutlu, Turkey · 7226 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.213 km WNW of Ku?adas?, Turkey · 7229 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.09 km NE of Kokkári, Greece · 7229 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.48 km SW of Karaburun, Turkey · 7230 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.213 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 7232 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.113 km ENE of Urla, Turkey · 7234 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.27 km SSE of Özdere, Turkey · 7238 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.22 km NE of Oinoússes, Greece · 7239 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.92 km NW of Söke, Turkey · 7240 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.318 km SSW of Plomári, Greece · 7241 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.415 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 7251 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f0te. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:34 AM UTC.