M3.9 earthquake 15 km NNW of Marmara, Turkey
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 15 km NNW of Marmara, Turkey on Sun, Jan 14, 2007, 6:35 PM GMT+2 (16:35 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 41 km N of Karacabey, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.9 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-01-14 16:35:48 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.714° N, 27.483° 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 usp000f2ju. 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 90°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.511 km NNW of Band?rma, Turkey · 7190 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.041 km N of Karacabey, Turkey · 7187 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.713 km SSW of Kumba?, Turkey · 7180 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.840 km N of Karacabey, Turkey · 7175 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.414 km W of Erdek, Turkey · 7169 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f2ju. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:19 AM UTC.