A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Simav in Turkey on Saturday. Exact location, longitude 28.9717° East, latitude 39.176° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 23:16:23 / 11:16 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000qxlu. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qxlu. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/09/25 / 2025-09-20 23:16:23 / September 20, 2025 @ 11:16 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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 Kütahya, Kepsut, Domaniç. The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Kütahya (c. 185 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Uşak (c. 152 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Tavşanlı (c. 52 200 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Simav (c. 34 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Kula (c. 31 100 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Emet (c. 23 800 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 one, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 9 km N of Simav, Turkey. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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