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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Sındırgı in Turkey


Earthquake location 39.1451S, 28.1857WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Sındırgı in Turkey on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000quln. Unique identifier: us7000quln. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/09/25 / 2025-09-07 20:03:19 / September 7, 2025 @ 8:03 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:03:19 / 8:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 28.1857 East, latitude 39.1451 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Emet, Alaşehir, Şaphane. Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Manisa (c. 244 000 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Balıkesir (c. 238 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Turgutlu (c. 103 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Salihli (c. 88 900 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Akhisar (c. 84 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Soma (c. 65 900 pop). Close country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 10 km S of Sındırgı, Turkey.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 28.1857° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.1451° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10 km S 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 2025-09-07 20:03:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-07 20:20:18 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 52 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.999 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 57 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 us7000quln Id of event.
Event Code 7000quln An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000quln, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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