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Moderate earthquake 5 mag, 3 km SE of Muratbey, Turkey


Earthquake location 41.0769S, 28.5268WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Muratbey in Turkey on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 28.5268° East, 41.0769° North, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/04/25 / 2025-04-23 10:02:34 / April 23, 2025 @ 10:02 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us7000pufy. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pufy. The temblor was reported at 10:02:34 / 10:02 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luleburgaz, Pınarhisar, Demirtaş (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from İstanbul (c. 11 174 300 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Bağcılar (c. 724 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Üsküdar (c. 582 700 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Bahçelievler (c. 576 800 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Umraniye (c. 573 300 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Esenler (c. 520 200 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Sultangazi (c. 436 900 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 3 km SE of Muratbey, Turkey.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 28.5268° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.0769° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3 km SE of Muratbey, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-04-23 10:02:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-23 10:25:21 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 385 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 75 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.894 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 37 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pufy Id of event.
Event Code 7000pufy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pufy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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