Turkey earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 12 km SW of Datça, Turkey

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 12 km SW of Datça, Turkey on Thu, Aug 7, 2008, 6:28 AM GMT+3 (03:28 UTC), 83 km (52 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 24 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-08-07 03:28:39 UTC
Depth
83.4 km (51.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
36.643° N, 27.604° 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 usp000ge0y. 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
183°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.058 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6627 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 3.020 km NNW of Datça, Turkey · 6627 days ago · 29 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 3.630 km E of Astypálaia, Greece · 6624 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 3.613 km NNW of Marmaris, Turkey · 6622 days ago · 42 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 3.410 km W of ?çmeler, Turkey · 6620 days ago · 29 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 4.324 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 6619 days ago · 54 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 3.023 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 6618 days ago · 45 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 2.932 km W of Émponas, Greece · 6618 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 3.525 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 6617 days ago · 32 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 3.522 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 6617 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 3.519 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 6617 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 3.415 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 6617 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 3.625 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 6617 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 3.525 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 6617 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 3.321 km WNW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 6617 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 3.325 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 6616 days ago · 29 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 3.68 km N of Marmaris, Turkey · 6616 days ago · 30 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 3.030 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 6616 days ago · 28 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 2.95 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 6615 days ago · 36 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 3.155 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6614 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 3.428 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 6614 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  22. 3.013 km SSE of ?çmeler, Turkey · 6612 days ago · 31 km deep · 60 km away
  23. 3.217 km S of Megálo Chorió, Greece · 6612 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  24. 3.010 km NNE of Agía Marína, Greece · 6612 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 3.118 km NNE of Agía Marína, Greece · 6611 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 3.010 km WSW of Kéfalos, Greece · 6611 days ago · 28 km deep · 67 km away
  27. 2.854 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6611 days ago · 42 km deep · 79 km away
  28. 4.015 km WNW of Émponas, Greece · 6611 days ago · 68 km deep · 39 km away
  29. 3.329 km SSE of Milas, Turkey · 6610 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  30. 3.535 km SW of Lárdos, Greece · 6610 days ago · 47 km deep · 88 km away
  31. 3.4Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 6595 days ago · 117 km deep · 80 km away

Before

  1. 3.236 km WSW of Lárdos, Greece · 6631 days ago · 41 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 3.123 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 6632 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 3.123 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 6632 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 2.724 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 6632 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 3.227 km NW of Marmaris, Turkey · 6637 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 2.931 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 6638 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 3.362 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6641 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 2.958 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 6642 days ago · 31 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 3.352 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 6643 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 3.827 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 6644 days ago · 53 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 3.026 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 6645 days ago · 51 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 3.027 km SW of Lárdos, Greece · 6645 days ago · 51 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 3.234 km SW of Lárdos, Greece · 6646 days ago · 49 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 3.133 km SW of Lárdos, Greece · 6647 days ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 3.320 km ESE of Bodrum, Turkey · 6648 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 2.957 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6650 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 3.137 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 6650 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 3.025 km SW of Lárdos, Greece · 6650 days ago · 40 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 3.815 km S of Kéfalos, Greece · 6651 days ago · 147 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 3.733 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 6651 days ago · 51 km deep · 91 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ge0y. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:22 AM UTC.