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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Simav in Turkey

Posted by admin on April 25, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 39.2908S, 28.9825WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Simav in Turkey on Friday. Event id: us7000puz4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000puz4. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 07:20:03 / 7:20 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 28.9825 East, latitude 39.2908 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 25/04/25 / 2025-04-25 07:20:03 / April 25, 2025 @ 7:20 am UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Kütahya (c. 185 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Uşak (c. 152 900 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Mustafakemalpaşa (c. 101 400 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Tavşanlı (c. 52 200 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Simav (c. 34 900 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Kula (c. 31 100 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Emet (c. 23 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mustafakemalpaşa, Banaz, Kula (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 22 km N of Simav, Turkey. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 28.9825° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.2908° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22 km N of Simav, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-04-25 07:20:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-25 07:37:27 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 326 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 55 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.28 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 36 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000puz4 Id of event.
Event Code 7000puz4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000puz4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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