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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Sındırgı in Turkey


Earthquake location 39.2266S, 28.1373WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Sındırgı in Turkey. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/09/25 / 2025-09-22 09:02:43 / September 22, 2025 @ 9:02 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qxsv. Id of event: us7000qxsv. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 28.1373° East, 39.2266° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was detected at 09:02:43 / 9:02 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Emet, Havran, Şaphane (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Manisa (c. 244 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Balıkesir (c. 238 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Turgutlu (c. 103 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Mustafakemalpaşa (c. 101 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Salihli (c. 88 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Akhisar (c. 84 700 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Soma (c. 65 900 pop).

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

Questions or comments?

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: 3 km WSW of Sındırgı, Turkey.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 28.1373° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.2266° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3 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 2025-09-22 09:02:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-22 09:33:58 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 326 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 0.97 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 38 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000qxsv Id of event.
Event Code 7000qxsv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qxsv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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