A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Sındırgı in Turkey. The temblor was detected at 18:58:18 / 6:58 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000r3ie. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000r3ie. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/08/25 / 2025-08-24 18:58:18 / August 24, 2025 @ 6:58 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.616 km (7 miles). Exact location, longitude 28.1586° East, latitude 39.212° North, depth = 11.616 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alaşehir, Havran, Emet (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Manisa (c. 244 000 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Balıkesir (c. 238 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Turgutlu (c. 103 300 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Mustafakemalpaşa (c. 101 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Salihli (c. 88 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Akhisar (c. 84 700 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Soma (c. 65 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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