M3.6 earthquake 27 km S of Bozcaada, Turkey
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 27 km S of Bozcaada, Turkey on Fri, Dec 28, 2007, 11:17 PM GMT+2 (21:17 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 19 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-12-28 21:17:11 UTC
- Depth
- 4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.594° N, 26.016° 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 usp000fvhj. 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
- 163°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 47 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.327 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6849 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.326 km SSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6845 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.128 km SW of Eresós, Greece · 6845 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.922 km SSW of Eresós, Greece · 6845 days ago · 31 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.227 km S of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6843 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.735 km WNW of Míthymna, Greece · 6839 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.427 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6838 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.512 km SSW of Eresós, Greece · 6838 days ago · 45 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.918 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6838 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.419 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6838 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 5
- 3.916 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6838 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.325 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6838 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.330 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6838 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.025 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6838 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.627 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6838 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.721 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6838 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.529 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6838 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.922 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6837 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.614 km S of Polichnítos, Greece · 6837 days ago · 29 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.220 km SSW of Eresós, Greece · 6837 days ago · 40 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.121 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6836 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.022 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6834 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.124 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6833 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.845 km SW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6832 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.548 km SW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6832 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.530 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6831 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.425 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6830 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.027 km S of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6828 days ago · 22 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.432 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6828 days ago · 16 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.625 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6826 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.025 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6819 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.231 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6818 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.010 km SE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 6817 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.229 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6817 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.530 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6817 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.924 km WNW of Behram, Turkey · 6817 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.526 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6813 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.316 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6806 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.422 km WNW of Míthymna, Greece · 6806 days ago · 23 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.625 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6806 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.135 km ENE of Mýrina, Greece · 6805 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.222 km NNW of Míthymna, Greece · 6804 days ago · 27 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.439 km WNW of Míthymna, Greece · 6804 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.224 km NNW of Míthymna, Greece · 6801 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.820 km NNW of Eresós, Greece · 6797 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.016 km S of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6795 days ago · 31 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.024 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 6794 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
Before
- 4.420 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6853 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 3
- 3.77 km E of Míthymna, Greece · 6863 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.92 km SSE of Míthymna, Greece · 6865 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.710 km SSW of Behram, Turkey · 6866 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.510 km S of Plomári, Greece · 6867 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.436 km NW of Oinoússes, Greece · 6867 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.624 km NNW of Oinoússes, Greece · 6870 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.858 km SSW of Mýrina, Greece · 6881 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fvhj. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:03 PM UTC.