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Moderate earthquake 5.4 mag, 26 km NNW of Simav, Turkey

Posted by admin on September 28, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 39.3231S, 28.9177WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Simav in Turkey. Global time and date of event 28/09/25 / 2025-09-28 09:59:16 / September 28, 2025 @ 9:59 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 09:59:16 / 9:59 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rdf2. Unique identifier: us6000rdf2. Exact location, longitude 28.9177° East, latitude 39.3231° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 98 km (61 miles) from Bursa (c. 1 412 700 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Balıkesir (c. 238 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Kütahya (c. 185 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Uşak (c. 152 900 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Inegol (c. 134 000 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Mustafakemalpaşa (c. 101 400 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Akhisar (c. 84 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kırkağaç, Gölmarmara, Karacabey (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 26 km NNW of Simav, Turkey.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 28.9177° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.3231° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26 km NNW of Simav, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-09-28 09:59:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-28 10:19:35 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 449 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 111 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.425 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 36 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 us6000rdf2 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rdf2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rdf2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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