A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Nurhak in Turkey on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/04/25 / 2025-04-16 02:04:10 / April 16, 2025 @ 2:04 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 37.5223° East, latitude 37.9575° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 02:04:10 / 2:04 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000q6cw. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000q6cw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Malatya (c. 441 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Kahramanmaraş (c. 376 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Adıyaman (c. 223 700 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Elbistan (c. 80 500 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Besni (c. 41 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Afşin (c. 39 600 pop). Close country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Göksun, Gürün, Malatya.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 7 km E of Nurhak, Turkey.
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