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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Sındırgı in Turkey


Earthquake location 39.2234S, 28.0943WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Sındırgı in Turkey on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 28.0943 East, latitude 39.2234 North, depth = 12.083 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/08/25 / 2025-08-24 19:14:11 / August 24, 2025 @ 7:14 pm. Event id: us6000r3ih. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r3ih. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12.083 km (8 miles). The temblor was reported at 19:14:11 / 7:14 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from Manisa (c. 244 000 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Balıkesir (c. 238 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Turgutlu (c. 103 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Mustafakemalpaşa (c. 101 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Salihli (c. 88 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Akhisar (c. 84 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mustafakemalpaşa, Havran, Pazarlar.

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

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 7 km WSW of Sındırgı, Turkey.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 28.0943° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.2234° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.083 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 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 2025-08-24 19:14:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-24 19:50:07 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 298 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 49 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.937 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.38 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 44 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 us6000r3ih Id of event.
Event Code 6000r3ih An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000r3ih, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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