A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Sındırgı in Turkey. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.124 km (8 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/09/25 / 2025-09-23 22:27:49 / September 23, 2025 @ 10:27 pm. Exact location, longitude 28.1021° East, latitude 39.1972° North, depth = 12.124 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rcfc. Id of event: us6000rcfc. The temblor was picked up at 22:27:49 / 10:27 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mustafakemalpaşa, Manyas, Havran (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Manisa (c. 244 000 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Balıkesir (c. 238 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Turgutlu (c. 103 300 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Mustafakemalpaşa (c. 101 400 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Salihli (c. 88 900 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Akhisar (c. 84 700 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Soma (c. 65 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty-five 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 8 km SW of Sındırgı, Turkey.
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