M3.3 earthquake 12 km SSW of Karaburun, Turkey
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 12 km SSW of Karaburun, Turkey on Thu, Mar 27, 2008, 4:55 AM GMT+2 (02:55 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 2 km NNE of Mytilinioí, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-03-27 02:55:10 UTC
- Depth
- 4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.533° N, 26.463° 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 usp000g2f6. 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
- 162°
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.124 km SW of Eresós, Greece · 6763 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.013 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6759 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.715 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6752 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.327 km SSW of Thymianá, Greece · 6750 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.22 km NNE of Mytilinioí, Greece · 6749 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.318 km S of Seferihisar, Turkey · 6739 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.314 km W of Özdere, Turkey · 6738 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.914 km S of Seferihisar, Turkey · 6738 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.215 km S of Eresós, Greece · 6736 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.725 km N of Oinoússes, Greece · 6735 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.410 km SSE of Karaburun, Turkey · 6732 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.314 km SW of Urla, Turkey · 6725 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.75 km NNE of Kokkári, Greece · 6724 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.614 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey · 6722 days ago · 32 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.618 km NNW of Néon Karlovásion, Greece · 6720 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.113 km WSW of Thymianá, Greece · 6708 days ago · 38 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.213 km E of Yeni?akran, Turkey · 6706 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
Before
- 3.47 km WSW of Chóra, Greece · 6764 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.37 km SSE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 6766 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.325 km N of Psará, Greece · 6769 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.12 km NE of Bergama, Turkey · 6772 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.417 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6773 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.21 km NNE of Agiásos, Greece · 6774 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.325 km N of Psará, Greece · 6774 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.64 km NNW of Samos, Greece · 6780 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.58 km WNW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6781 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.17 km SE of Oinoússes, Greece · 6781 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.56 km WNW of Kalloní, Greece · 6785 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.67 km NNE of Polichnítos, Greece · 6786 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.54 km SW of Kokkári, Greece · 6787 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.011 km NNE of Néon Karlovásion, Greece · 6790 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.49 km N of Mantamádos, Greece · 6791 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.311 km NE of Mantamádos, Greece · 6791 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g2f6. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:15 PM UTC.