M3.5 earthquake 29 km NE of Göcek, Turkey
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 29 km NE of Göcek, Turkey on Wed, Oct 8, 2008, 3:31 PM GMT+3 (12:31 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 10 km ESE of ?çmeler, Turkey. 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 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-10-08 12:31:38 UTC
- Depth
- 5.9 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.969° N, 29.143° 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 usp000gjq4. 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
- 89°
- 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.427 km NNE of Göcek, Turkey · 6571 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.332 km NNE of Göcek, Turkey · 6569 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.81 km ENE of ?çmeler, Turkey · 6539 days ago · 71 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.910 km ESE of ?çmeler, Turkey · 6524 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.129 km NW of Marmaris, Turkey · 6512 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gjq4. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:06 AM UTC.