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Moderate earthquake: M5 quake has struck near Silivri in Turkey

Posted by admin on April 23, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.8591S, 28.2296WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Silivri in Turkey on Wednesday. The temblor was detected at 12:12:57 / 12:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 28.2296° East, 40.8591° North, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/04/25 / 2025-04-23 12:12:57 / April 23, 2025 @ 12:12 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pugj. Id of event: us7000pugj. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bursa, Pınarhisar, Hayrabolu. Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 miles) from İstanbul (c. 11 174 300 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Bursa (c. 1 412 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Bağcılar (c. 724 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Üsküdar (c. 582 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Bahçelievler (c. 576 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Umraniye (c. 573 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Esenler (c. 520 200 pop).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 23 km S of Silivri, Turkey.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 28.2296° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.8591° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23 km S of Silivri, 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 12:12:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-23 12:29:34 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.6 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 386 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 59 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.167 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 33 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pugj Id of event.
Event Code 7000pugj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pugj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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