M3.0 earthquake 13 km SSE of ?çmeler, Turkey
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 13 km SSE of ?çmeler, Turkey on Tue, Aug 26, 2008, 2:35 AM GMT+3 (23:35 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 23 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-08-25 23:35:48 UTC
- Depth
- 30.8 km (19.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.689° N, 28.279° 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 usp000gfj9. 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
- 140°
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.333 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6611 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.015 km WNW of Émponas, Greece · 6611 days ago · 68 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.329 km SSE of Milas, Turkey · 6610 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.332 km S of Nikfer, Turkey · 6605 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.932 km NNE of Göcek, Turkey · 6576 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.125 km SE of Archángelos, Greece · 6571 days ago · 76 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.529 km NE of Göcek, Turkey · 6569 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.427 km NNE of Göcek, Turkey · 6569 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.332 km NNE of Göcek, Turkey · 6567 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.323 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 6566 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
Before
- 3.732 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6613 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.0Western Turkey · 6613 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.428 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 6614 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.141 km WSW of Kalkan, Turkey · 6615 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.030 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 6615 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.68 km N of Marmaris, Turkey · 6616 days ago · 30 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.321 km WNW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 6617 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.932 km W of Émponas, Greece · 6618 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.324 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 6619 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.529 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6619 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.410 km W of ?çmeler, Turkey · 6619 days ago · 29 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.635 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6620 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.633 km NNE of Göcek, Turkey · 6621 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.533 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6621 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.613 km NNW of Marmaris, Turkey · 6622 days ago · 42 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.020 km NNW of Datça, Turkey · 6627 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.212 km SW of Datça, Turkey · 6631 days ago · 83 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.123 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 6631 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.123 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 6631 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.724 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 6632 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gfj9. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:50 AM UTC.