M3.3 earthquake 25 km ESE of Kumba?, Turkey
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 25 km ESE of Kumba?, Turkey on Sun, Jan 27, 2008, 8:55 PM GMT+2 (18:55 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 22 km SW of Kumba?, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-01-27 18:55:43 UTC
- Depth
- 9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.801° N, 27.742° 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 usp000fxk6. 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
- 209°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 8
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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.825 km SW of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 6799 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.922 km SW of Kumba?, Turkey · 6792 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.612 km S of Band?rma, Turkey · 6774 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.113 km NNW of Çan, Turkey · 6768 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.718 km NE of Gelibolu, Turkey · 6765 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fxk6. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:21 AM UTC.