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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 22 km NNE of Demirci, Turkey


Earthquake location 39.2201S, 28.7841WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Demirci in Turkey. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:49:18 / 3:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/10/25 / 2025-10-04 03:49:18 / October 4, 2025 @ 3:49 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 28.7841 East, latitude 39.2201 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000req8. Id of event: us6000req8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Event epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Balıkesir (c. 238 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Uşak (c. 152 900 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Akhisar (c. 84 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Tavşanlı (c. 52 200 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Simav (c. 34 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kula (c. 31 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Balıkesir, Akhisar, Uşak (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.

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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: 22 km NNE of Demirci, Turkey.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 28.7841° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.2201° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22 km NNE of Demirci, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-04 03:49:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-04 04:09:46 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 259 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 29 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.385 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.36 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 46 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 us6000req8 Id of event.
Event Code 6000req8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000req8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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