M4.0 earthquake 16 km ESE of Elmal?, Turkey
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 16 km ESE of Elmal?, Turkey on Sun, Sep 28, 2008, 2:32 PM GMT+3 (11:32 UTC), 64 km (40 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 13 km E of Korkuteli, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (M), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-09-28 11:32:12 UTC
- Depth
- 63.7 km (39.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.662° N, 30.074° 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 usp000ghvw. 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
- 102°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.932 km NNE of Göcek, Turkey · 6576 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.529 km NE of Göcek, Turkey · 6568 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.427 km NNE of Göcek, Turkey · 6568 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.332 km NNE of Göcek, Turkey · 6566 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.113 km E of Korkuteli, Turkey · 6557 days ago · 101 km deep · 50 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ghvw. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:52 PM UTC.