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M3.4 earthquake 11 km ENE of Soma, Turkey

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 11 km ENE of Soma, Turkey on Sat, Sep 15, 2007, 2:49 PM GMT+3 (11:49 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 15 km E of Balya, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.4 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2007-09-15 11:49:12 UTC
Depth
7.5 km (4.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.226° N, 27.731° 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 usp000fnb9. 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
246°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
5

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.56 km SE of Zeytinda?, Turkey · 6951 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 3.915 km NW of Bal?kesir, Turkey · 6948 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 3.614 km W of Bal?kesir, Turkey · 6944 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 3.69 km WNW of Bal?kesir, Turkey · 6944 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 4.015 km E of Balya, Turkey · 6944 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 3.47 km SW of S?nd?rg?, Turkey · 6942 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 3.69 km NE of Dikili, Turkey · 6937 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 3.610 km W of Dikili, Turkey · 6937 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 3.72 km NE of Yenifoça, Turkey · 6937 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 3.316 km E of Balya, Turkey · 6935 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 2.912 km E of Vareiá, Greece · 6926 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 3.811 km ENE of Zeytinliova, Turkey · 6924 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 4.08 km SE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 6918 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 3.59 km ESE of Vareiá, Greece · 6911 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away

Before

  1. 3.68 km E of Yeni?akran, Turkey · 6982 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fnb9. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:38 PM UTC.