M3.6 earthquake 12 km SSE of Menderes, Turkey
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 12 km SSE of Menderes, Turkey on Wed, Jul 11, 2007, 3:26 AM GMT+3 (00:26 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 15 km SW of Akhisar, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-07-11 00:26:45 UTC
- Depth
- 3.0 km (1.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.142° N, 27.168° 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 usp000ffy9. 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
- 113°
- 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: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.317 km SSE of Karaburun, Turkey · 7017 days ago · 30 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.713 km NW of Yenifoça, Turkey · 7010 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.38 km NNW of Çe?me, Turkey · 7010 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.615 km SW of Akhisar, Turkey · 7005 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.810 km WSW of Akhisar, Turkey · 7005 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.410 km SSE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7003 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.337 km NNW of Agios Kirykos, Greece · 7002 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.110 km SW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 6997 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.410 km N of Didim, Turkey · 6994 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.37 km NW of Germencik, Turkey · 6993 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.7Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 6983 days ago · 24 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.48 km S of Özdere, Turkey · 6983 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.68 km E of Yeni?akran, Turkey · 6981 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.112 km WSW of Urla, Turkey · 6973 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.618 km N of Karaburun, Turkey · 6970 days ago · 32 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.019 km ENE of Skála, Greece · 6969 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.319 km SW of Didim, Turkey · 6967 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.321 km SW of Didim, Turkey · 6967 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.313 km SSE of Sar?kemer, Turkey · 6966 days ago · 58 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 3.49 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7026 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.56 km NW of Alia?a, Turkey · 7048 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.45 km NNE of Söke, Turkey · 7049 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.67 km E of Söke, Turkey · 7049 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.94 km SW of Germencik, Turkey · 7049 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.87 km SW of Germencik, Turkey · 7050 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.321 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7051 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ffy9. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:45 AM UTC.