M3.5 earthquake 3 km W of Akhisar, Turkey
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 3 km W of Akhisar, Turkey on Sun, Jul 13, 2008, 5:30 PM GMT+3 (14:30 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 3 km S of Gördes, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-07-13 14:30:52 UTC
- Depth
- 6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.924° N, 27.797° 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 usp000gc27. 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
- 208°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.73 km S of Gördes, Turkey · 6652 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.64 km N of Çandarl?, Turkey · 6617 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.413 km NNW of Dikili, Turkey · 6614 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
Before
- 3.68 km E of Akhisar, Turkey · 6656 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.411 km ENE of Soma, Turkey · 6672 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.24 km SW of Menderes, Turkey · 6677 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.724 km S of Dursunbey, Turkey · 6679 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.03 km SSW of Dursunbey, Turkey · 6682 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.07 km SE of Foça, Turkey · 6685 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gc27. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:53 AM UTC.