M3.3 earthquake 18 km S of Seferihisar, Turkey
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 18 km S of Seferihisar, Turkey on Mon, Apr 21, 2008, 8:48 AM GMT+3 (05:48 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 14 km S of Seferihisar, 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
- 2008-04-21 05:48:03 UTC
- Depth
- 19.0 km (11.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.030° N, 26.830° 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 usp000g4fj. 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
- 186°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 5
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 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.314 km W of Özdere, Turkey · 6738 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.914 km S of Seferihisar, Turkey · 6737 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.725 km N of Oinoússes, Greece · 6734 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.410 km SSE of Karaburun, Turkey · 6732 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.314 km SW of Urla, Turkey · 6725 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.75 km NNE of Kokkári, Greece · 6724 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.614 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey · 6721 days ago · 32 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.618 km NNW of Néon Karlovásion, Greece · 6720 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.113 km WSW of Thymianá, Greece · 6708 days ago · 38 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.83 km SSW of Germencik, Turkey · 6701 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.64 km SSW of Germencik, Turkey · 6701 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.416 km WSW of Vrontádos, Greece · 6701 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.218 km WSW of Thymianá, Greece · 6698 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.1Near the coast of western Turkey · 6698 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.26 km NNE of Samos, Greece · 6695 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.48 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6694 days ago · 32 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.59 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6694 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.07 km SE of Foça, Turkey · 6685 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.35 km NW of Kokkári, Greece · 6683 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
Before
- 3.54 km E of Vathý, Greece · 6739 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.513 km SSW of Chóra, Greece · 6744 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.22 km NNE of Mytilinioí, Greece · 6748 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.327 km SSW of Thymianá, Greece · 6750 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.715 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6752 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.312 km SSW of Karaburun, Turkey · 6764 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.47 km WSW of Chóra, Greece · 6764 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.37 km SSE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 6766 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g4fj. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:13 PM UTC.