M3.5 earthquake 17 km NNW of Datça, Turkey
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 17 km NNW of Datça, Turkey on Wed, Apr 23, 2008, 8:38 PM GMT+3 (17:38 UTC), 53 km (33 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 23 km WNW of Émponas, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-04-23 17:38:29 UTC
- Depth
- 53.0 km (32.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.880° N, 27.590° 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 usp000g4ng. 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
- 170°
- 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: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.020 km E of Mandráki, Greece · 6729 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.618 km E of Kos, Greece · 6726 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.627 km SW of Sými, Greece · 6710 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 6710 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.217 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece · 6710 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.223 km WNW of Émponas, Greece · 6710 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.432 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece · 6708 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.813 km SSE of Bodrum, Turkey · 6703 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.034 km WNW of Kéfalos, Greece · 6699 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.626 km SW of Sými, Greece · 6684 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.531 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 6684 days ago · 42 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.320 km S of ?çmeler, Turkey · 6684 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.331 km WSW of Pánormos, Greece · 6684 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 3.016 km WNW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 6737 days ago · 78 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.357 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 6740 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.37 km ENE of Émponas, Greece · 6743 days ago · 41 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.75 km SSW of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 6749 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.015 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 6757 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g4ng. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:14 PM UTC.