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Moderate earthquake 5.1 mag, 11 km SSW of Sındırgı, Turkey


Earthquake location 39.1455S, 28.1408WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Sındırgı in Turkey. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 28.1408 East, latitude 39.1455 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000qxqv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qxqv. The temblor was detected at 21:05:47 / 9:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/09/25 / 2025-09-21 21:05:47 / September 21, 2025 @ 9:05 pm.

Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Manisa (c. 244 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Balıkesir (c. 238 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Turgutlu (c. 103 300 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Mustafakemalpaşa (c. 101 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Salihli (c. 88 900 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Akhisar (c. 84 700 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Hypaepa (c. 67 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hypaepa, Kiraz, Mustafakemalpaşa (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. 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: 11 km SSW of Sındırgı, Turkey.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 28.1408° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.1455° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 km SSW 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 2025-09-21 21:05:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-21 21:22:30 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 400 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 37 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.964 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 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 mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000qxqv Id of event.
Event Code 7000qxqv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qxqv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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