M2.8 earthquake 19 km SSE of Alaçat?, Turkey
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 19 km SSE of Alaçat?, Turkey on Sun, Mar 18, 2007, 10:15 PM GMT+2 (20:15 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 15 km SW of Plomári, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-03-18 20:15:08 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.130° N, 26.480° 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 usp000f6yt. 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
- 136°
- 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: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.626 km SW of Plomári, Greece · 7137 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.815 km SW of Plomári, Greece · 7132 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.620 km SW of Plomári, Greece · 7131 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.418 km SW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7128 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.520 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7128 days ago · 23 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.33 km WSW of Skópelos, Greece · 7127 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.137 km SSW of Psará, Greece · 7123 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.7Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7117 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.334 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 7115 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.315 km NE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7113 days ago · 30 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.516 km E of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7102 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.36 km NNW of Alia?a, Turkey · 7095 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.06 km ENE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7086 days ago · 34 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.311 km N of Oinoússes, Greece · 7079 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f6yt. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:49 AM UTC.