M3.8 earthquake 21 km SSW of Kemer, Turkey
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 21 km SSW of Kemer, Turkey on Sun, Aug 3, 2008, 7:01 PM GMT+3 (16:01 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 Western Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-08-03 16:01:18 UTC
- Depth
- 4.4 km (2.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.179° N, 29.961° 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 usp000gdsa. 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
- 85°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.533 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6621 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.633 km NNE of Göcek, Turkey · 6621 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.635 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6620 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.529 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6619 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.0Western Turkey · 6613 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.732 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6613 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.333 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6611 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.332 km S of Nikfer, Turkey · 6605 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.016 km ESE of Elmal?, Turkey · 6579 days ago · 64 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.932 km NNE of Göcek, Turkey · 6576 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
Before
- 3.534 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6638 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.519 km NNE of Karg?, Turkey · 6641 days ago · 38 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.029 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6642 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.218 km SSE of Tefenni, Turkey · 6642 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.227 km ESE of Elmal?, Turkey · 6647 days ago · 28 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.435 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6649 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.133 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6658 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.630 km NNE of Karg?, Turkey · 6658 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.032 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6664 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gdsa. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:36 AM UTC.