M3.1 earthquake 12 km WSW of Urla, Turkey
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 12 km WSW of Urla, Turkey on Thu, Aug 30, 2007, 9:10 AM GMT+3 (06:10 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 18 km S of Plomári, 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 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-08-30 06:10:34 UTC
- Depth
- 5.4 km (3.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.295° N, 26.624° 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 usp000fkzx. 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
- 128°
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.618 km N of Karaburun, Turkey · 6970 days ago · 32 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.019 km ENE of Skála, Greece · 6969 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.218 km S of Plomári, Greece · 6963 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.119 km NW of Karaburun, Turkey · 6963 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.315 km SW of Plomári, Greece · 6962 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.62 km WSW of Chóra, Greece · 6954 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.56 km SE of Zeytinda?, Turkey · 6950 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.415 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 6944 days ago · 27 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.016 km S of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6941 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.69 km NE of Dikili, Turkey · 6936 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.610 km W of Dikili, Turkey · 6936 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.622 km S of Eresós, Greece · 6936 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.72 km NE of Yenifoça, Turkey · 6936 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.615 km ENE of Psará, Greece · 6934 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.214 km SE of Plomári, Greece · 6926 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.013 km WSW of Thymianá, Greece · 6926 days ago · 37 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.912 km E of Vareiá, Greece · 6925 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.314 km W of Thymianá, Greece · 6921 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
Before
- 3.68 km E of Yeni?akran, Turkey · 6981 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.527 km ENE of Psará, Greece · 6981 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.48 km S of Özdere, Turkey · 6983 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.7Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 6983 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.37 km NW of Germencik, Turkey · 6994 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.110 km SW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 6998 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.427 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 7001 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.337 km NNW of Agios Kirykos, Greece · 7002 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.214 km SSE of Loutrá, Greece · 7002 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.410 km SSE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7003 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fkzx. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:28 PM UTC.