A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Selimpaşa in Turkey on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude 28.2787° East, latitude 40.774° North, depth = 13.82 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 13.82 km (9 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/04/25 / 2025-04-23 10:46:15 / April 23, 2025 @ 10:46 am. Id of earthquake: us7000pug5. Event ids that are associated: us7000pug5. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:46:15 / 10:46 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Demirtaş, Çiftlikköy, Sultanbeyli. Earthquake epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from İstanbul (c. 11 174 300 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Bağcılar (c. 724 300 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Üsküdar (c. 582 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Bahçelievler (c. 576 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Umraniye (c. 573 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Esenler (c. 520 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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