A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Emet in Turkey on Wednesday. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:54:05 / 11:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 29.0904 East, latitude 39.2473 North, depth = 7.379 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/10/25 / 2025-10-08 23:54:05 / October 8, 2025 @ 11:54 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000rfqg. Event ids that are associated: us6000rfqg. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.379 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Inegol, Sivaslı, Eşme (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Kütahya (c. 185 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Uşak (c. 152 900 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Inegol (c. 134 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Tavşanlı (c. 52 200 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Simav (c. 34 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Kula (c. 31 100 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Emet (c. 23 800 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 17 km SW of Emet, Turkey.
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