M3.1 earthquake 73 km SSW of Ka?, Turkey
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 73 km SSW of Ka?, Turkey on Sun, Apr 27, 2008, 11:40 PM GMT+3 (20:40 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 24 km SSE of Ka?, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-04-27 20:40:53 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.590° N, 29.330° 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 usp000g4zu. 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 125°
- Stations used
- 11
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
- 3.7164 km SSW of Ka?, Turkey · 6726 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.119 km SSW of Ölüdeniz, Turkey · 6701 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.924 km SSE of Ka?, Turkey · 6686 days ago · 34 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.316 km SW of Ka?, Turkey · 6686 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.716 km SW of Ka?, Turkey · 6680 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g4zu. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:05 AM UTC.