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M3.5 earthquake 10 km WSW of Foça, Turkey

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 10 km WSW of Foça, Turkey on Thu, Aug 14, 2008, 7:58 PM GMT+3 (16:58 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 4 km N of Çandarl?, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-08-14 16:58:48 UTC
Depth
34.0 km (21.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.620° N, 26.660° 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 usp000gep2. 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
4

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.64 km N of Çandarl?, Turkey · 6617 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 3.413 km NNW of Dikili, Turkey · 6614 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 3.33 km N of Ku?adas?, Turkey · 6611 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 3.010 km NNW of Néon Karlovásion, Greece · 6608 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 3.315 km NNE of Samos, Greece · 6607 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 2.921 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6606 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 3.112 km WNW of Ku?adas?, Turkey · 6606 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 3.427 km S of Eresós, Greece · 6603 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 3.415 km W of Pétra, Greece · 6594 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 3.412 km SSW of Foça, Turkey · 6624 days ago · 40 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 3.416 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 6624 days ago · 28 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 3.424 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6629 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 3.337 km SSW of Eresós, Greece · 6637 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 3.736 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6637 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 4.238 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6638 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 4.338 km NE of Psará, Greece · 6638 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 3.820 km WSW of Thymianá, Greece · 6640 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 3.216 km SW of Urla, Turkey · 6643 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 4.07 km WNW of Karaburun, Turkey · 6649 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 3.415 km NE of Mantamádos, Greece · 6652 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gep2. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:58 AM UTC.