A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was reported 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Marmara Ereğlisi in Turkey on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/05/25 / 2025-05-03 08:36:55 / May 3, 2025 @ 8:36 am. Unique identifier: us7000pwuz. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pwuz. The temblor was picked up at 08:36:55 / 8:36 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 28.2152° East, 40.8256° North, depth 10 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maltepe, Çınarcık, Umraniye. Event epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from İstanbul (c. 11 174 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Bağcılar (c. 724 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Üsküdar (c. 582 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Bahçelievler (c. 576 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Umraniye (c. 573 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Esenler (c. 520 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 27 km SE of Marmara Ereğlisi, Turkey.
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