M3.6 earthquake 13 km NNW of Marmaris, Turkey
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 13 km NNW of Marmaris, Turkey on Sat, Aug 16, 2008, 3:35 AM GMT+3 (00:35 UTC), 42 km (26 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 25 km SE of Archángelos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-08-16 00:35:01 UTC
- Depth
- 42.0 km (26.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.960° N, 28.190° 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 usp000gerz. 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
- 217°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.533 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6620 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.633 km NNE of Göcek, Turkey · 6620 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.635 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6620 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.410 km W of ?çmeler, Turkey · 6619 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.529 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6618 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.321 km WNW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 6616 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.68 km N of Marmaris, Turkey · 6616 days ago · 30 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.0Western Turkey · 6613 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.732 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6613 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.013 km SSE of ?çmeler, Turkey · 6612 days ago · 31 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.333 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6611 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.015 km WNW of Émponas, Greece · 6611 days ago · 68 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.329 km SSE of Milas, Turkey · 6610 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.332 km S of Nikfer, Turkey · 6605 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.932 km NNE of Göcek, Turkey · 6576 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.125 km SE of Archángelos, Greece · 6571 days ago · 76 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.529 km NE of Göcek, Turkey · 6568 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.427 km NNE of Göcek, Turkey · 6568 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.332 km NNE of Göcek, Turkey · 6566 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
Before
- 3.020 km NNW of Datça, Turkey · 6626 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.212 km SW of Datça, Turkey · 6631 days ago · 83 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.227 km NW of Marmaris, Turkey · 6636 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.534 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6638 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.519 km NNE of Karg?, Turkey · 6640 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.029 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6642 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.49 km S of Göcek, Turkey · 6642 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.320 km ESE of Bodrum, Turkey · 6648 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.435 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 6648 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gerz. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:53 PM UTC.