Turkey earthquakes

M5.3 earthquake 27 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 27 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey on Mon, Oct 29, 2007, 11:23 AM GMT+2 (09:23 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.3 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2007-10-29 09:23:14 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.033° N, 29.233° E
Region
Turkey
Felt reports
10
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
5.3Mwc, centroid momentUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed
5.31Mw, momentISC-GEM global catalogFinal · ±0.1
5.3Mwc, centroid momentGlobal CMT projectPreliminary

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt (III) at Fethiye.

From the USGS event page for usp000frhj. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

10 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Normal
Nodal plane 1
Strike 275°, dip 37°, rake -107°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 116°, dip 54°, rake -78°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap
44°
Stations used
414

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 57 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.312 km WSW of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 6913 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 3.524 km WSW of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 6912 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 3.427 km WSW of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 6912 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  4. 4.324 km W of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 6911 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 3.229 km W of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 6910 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 3.520 km WSW of Ölüdeniz, Turkey · 6909 days ago · 39 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 3.727 km WSW of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 6909 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 3.36 km WSW of Elmal?, Turkey · 6908 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 3.328 km NNE of Karg?, Turkey · 6908 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 3.620 km W of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6905 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 2.830 km W of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 3.418 km NW of Marmaris, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 3.117 km NW of Marmaris, Turkey · 6903 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 3.626 km W of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 6899 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 4.228 km W of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 6899 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  16. 3.114 km N of Dalyan, Turkey · 6898 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 3.621 km W of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 6897 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  18. 3.624 km W of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 6897 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  19. 4.028 km NNE of Kalkan, Turkey · 6896 days ago · 31 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 3.720 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6895 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  21. 5.125 km W of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 6895 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
  22. 3.325 km W of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 6895 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  23. 3.523 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6895 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  24. 3.624 km W of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6895 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  25. 3.230 km NNE of Göcek, Turkey · 6895 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  26. 3.222 km W of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 6893 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  27. 3.429 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6890 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  28. 3.325 km WSW of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 6889 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  29. 3.834 km NNE of Göcek, Turkey · 6888 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  30. 3.322 km W of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 6888 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  31. 3.724 km SW of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 6887 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  32. 3.319 km WNW of Ye?ilova, Turkey · 6887 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
  33. 3.924 km S of Kale, Turkey · 6886 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  34. 3.128 km WSW of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 6883 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  35. 3.1Western Turkey · 6882 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  36. 3.327 km W of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6880 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  37. 4.629 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6879 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  38. 3.626 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6879 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  39. 3.623 km W of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 6878 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  40. 3.028 km WSW of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 6877 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  41. 3.522 km W of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 6877 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  42. 3.128 km W of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 6877 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
  43. 3.627 km W of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 6876 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  44. 3.218 km NNE of Kemer, Turkey · 6874 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  45. 3.417 km S of Sarigerme, Turkey · 6874 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
  46. 3.429 km W of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 6874 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  47. 3.427 km WSW of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 6873 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  48. 4.127 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6872 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  49. 3.519 km SW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6871 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  50. 3.022 km W of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 6871 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  51. 3.629 km W of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 6867 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  52. 3.525 km WSW of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 6865 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
  53. 3.93 km W of Kalkan, Turkey · 6861 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  54. 3.229 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6861 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
  55. 3.429 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6860 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  56. 3.123 km ENE of Mu?la, Turkey · 6854 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  57. 3.320 km WSW of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 6854 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000frhj (also filed as us2007jbam, gcmtc200710290923a, gcmt20071029092314, iscgem13251990). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:06 PM UTC.