M3.1 earthquake 21 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 21 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey on Sun, Apr 22, 2007, 11:44 AM GMT+3 (08:44 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 39 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-04-22 08:44:34 UTC
- Depth
- 23.0 km (14.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.390° N, 25.950° 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 usp000faax. 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
- 190°, 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.339 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 7092 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.138 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 7089 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.623 km NW of Mýrina, Greece · 7088 days ago · 31 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.418 km NNW of Gelibolu, Turkey · 7085 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.1Near the coast of western Turkey · 7083 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.430 km S of Malkara, Turkey · 7073 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.133 km SSW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 7057 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.422 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7052 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.431 km SSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7052 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.323 km NNW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7047 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000faax. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:32 AM UTC.