M3.5 earthquake 23 km SSW of Bay?r, Turkey
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 23 km SSW of Bay?r, Turkey on Tue, Oct 16, 2007, 8:43 AM GMT+3 (05:43 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 19 km N of Émponas, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-10-16 05:43:38 UTC
- Depth
- 8.3 km (5.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.089° N, 28.069° 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 usp000fqns. 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
- 234°, 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: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.824 km NW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 6914 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.111 km W of Émponas, Greece · 6911 days ago · 34 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.529 km ESE of Mandráki, Greece · 6909 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.213 km E of Faliraki, Greece · 6905 days ago · 59 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.418 km NW of Marmaris, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 31 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.117 km NW of Marmaris, Turkey · 6903 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.214 km WSW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 6899 days ago · 72 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.114 km N of Dalyan, Turkey · 6898 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.230 km NNE of Göcek, Turkey · 6895 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.834 km NNE of Göcek, Turkey · 6888 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.924 km S of Kale, Turkey · 6886 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.417 km S of Sarigerme, Turkey · 6874 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.119 km N of Émponas, Greece · 6874 days ago · 79 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.426 km SW of Sými, Greece · 6867 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
Before
- 3.416 km SSE of Kos, Greece · 6926 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.620 km NNW of Émponas, Greece · 6930 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.310 km E of Sými, Greece · 6932 days ago · 94 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.217 km WNW of Datça, Turkey · 6934 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.314 km NNW of Datça, Turkey · 6934 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.424 km ENE of Mu?la, Turkey · 6946 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.418 km W of Datça, Turkey · 6949 days ago · 56 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.814 km SSE of Kos, Greece · 6949 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.717 km WNW of Datça, Turkey · 6949 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.115 km SE of Kos, Greece · 6949 days ago · 28 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.222 km NW of Émponas, Greece · 6949 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.412 km SE of Kos, Greece · 6950 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.418 km SSE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 6950 days ago · 40 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.320 km WNW of Émponas, Greece · 6950 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.122 km SSE of Sarigerme, Turkey · 6951 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fqns. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:40 AM UTC.