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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Sındırgı in Turkey


Earthquake location 39.2202S, 28.0831WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Sındırgı in Turkey. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 17:15:08 / 5:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 28.0831° East, 39.2202° North, depth 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qznd. Unique identifier: us6000qznd. Global time and date of event 10/08/25 / 2025-08-10 17:15:08 / August 10, 2025 @ 5:15 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Havran, Manyas, Kula (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Manisa (c. 244 000 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Balıkesir (c. 238 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Turgutlu (c. 103 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Salihli (c. 88 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Akhisar (c. 84 700 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Soma (c. 65 900 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 8 km WSW of Sındırgı, Turkey.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 28.0831° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.2202° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km WSW of Sındırgı, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-08-10 17:15:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-10 17:46:06 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 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 272 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 28 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.928 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 69 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000qznd Id of event.
Event Code 6000qznd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qznd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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