A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Toygarlı in Turkey on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q3tk. Id of event: us6000q3tk. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 36.0502° East, 36.2649° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 21:23:48 / 9:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/04/25 / 2025-04-03 21:23:48 / April 3, 2025 @ 9:23 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Latakia (c. 340 200 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Antakya (c. 210 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Osmaniye (c. 202 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from İskenderun (c. 160 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Idlib (c. 128 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Ceyhan (c. 96 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Syria (c. 22 198 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Osmaniye, Toprakkale, Ceyhan (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 6 km NNW of Toygarlı, Turkey.
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