M3.0 earthquake 14 km NW of Datça, Turkey
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 14 km NW of Datça, Turkey on Tue, Jul 17, 2007, 1:02 AM GMT+3 (22:02 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 27 km WSW of Kéfalos, 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
- 2007-07-16 22:02:51 UTC
- Depth
- 25.0 km (15.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.840° N, 27.590° 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 usp000fgcw. 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
- 180°
- 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: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.232 km ESE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7010 days ago · 43 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.95 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 7008 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.415 km SW of Sými, Greece · 6998 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.410 km N of Didim, Turkey · 6994 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.328 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 6993 days ago · 56 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.433 km SW of Bay?r, Turkey · 6993 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.211 km W of Datça, Turkey · 6990 days ago · 59 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.93 km WNW of Kéfalos, Greece · 6990 days ago · 128 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.04 km NW of Kremastí, Greece · 6979 days ago · 43 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.319 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 6977 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.027 km WSW of Kéfalos, Greece · 6975 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.019 km ENE of Skála, Greece · 6969 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.220 km WSW of Lárdos, Greece · 6968 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.319 km SW of Didim, Turkey · 6967 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.321 km SW of Didim, Turkey · 6967 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.313 km SSE of Sar?kemer, Turkey · 6966 days ago · 58 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.253 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6966 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.439 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 6963 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 3.56 km S of Dalyan, Turkey · 7020 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.210 km NNW of Émponas, Greece · 7023 days ago · 31 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.110 km W of Datça, Turkey · 7025 days ago · 31 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.718 km W of Émponas, Greece · 7025 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.419 km NNE of Ródos, Greece · 7027 days ago · 54 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.123 km NNW of Émponas, Greece · 7036 days ago · 31 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.119 km ESE of Kardámaina, Greece · 7045 days ago · 27 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.018 km SSE of Kos, Greece · 7045 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.257 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 7045 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.126 km SE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7047 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fgcw. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:40 PM UTC.