A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Sındırgı in Turkey. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 12:21:42 / 12:21 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 28.1948° East, latitude 39.2488° North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/08/25 / 2025-08-22 12:21:42 / August 22, 2025 @ 12:21 pm. Unique identifier: us6000r30n. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000r30n.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Şaphane, Emet, Manyas (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 52 km (32 miles) from Balıkesir (c. 238 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Mustafakemalpaşa (c. 101 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Salihli (c. 88 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Akhisar (c. 84 700 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Soma (c. 65 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Bergama (c. 57 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 1 km ENE of Sındırgı, Turkey.
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