M3.3 earthquake 14 km SW of Urla, Turkey
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 14 km SW of Urla, Turkey on Mon, May 5, 2008, 5:39 AM GMT+3 (02:39 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 5 km NNE of Kokkári, 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
- 2008-05-05 02:39:14 UTC
- Depth
- 5.4 km (3.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.230° N, 26.650° 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 usp000g5hf. 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
- 180°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.75 km NNE of Kokkári, Greece · 6724 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.614 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey · 6722 days ago · 32 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.618 km NNW of Néon Karlovásion, Greece · 6721 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.113 km WSW of Thymianá, Greece · 6708 days ago · 38 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.213 km E of Yeni?akran, Turkey · 6706 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.83 km SSW of Germencik, Turkey · 6701 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.64 km SSW of Germencik, Turkey · 6701 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.416 km WSW of Vrontádos, Greece · 6701 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.218 km WSW of Thymianá, Greece · 6698 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.1Near the coast of western Turkey · 6698 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.322 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6697 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.121 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6697 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.26 km NNE of Samos, Greece · 6696 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.48 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6694 days ago · 32 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.59 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6694 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.121 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6694 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.07 km SE of Foça, Turkey · 6685 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.35 km NW of Kokkári, Greece · 6683 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.24 km SW of Menderes, Turkey · 6677 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.618 km SSE of Marathókampos, Greece · 6676 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 3.410 km SSE of Karaburun, Turkey · 6732 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.725 km N of Oinoússes, Greece · 6735 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.914 km S of Seferihisar, Turkey · 6738 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.314 km W of Özdere, Turkey · 6738 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.318 km S of Seferihisar, Turkey · 6739 days ago · 19 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.54 km E of Vathý, Greece · 6739 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.513 km SSW of Chóra, Greece · 6745 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.22 km NNE of Mytilinioí, Greece · 6749 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.327 km SSW of Thymianá, Greece · 6750 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.715 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6752 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g5hf. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:15 AM UTC.