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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Sındırgı in Turkey

Posted by admin on October 29, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 39.1474S, 28.1224WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 11 kilometers (7 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 event in UTC/GMT: 28/10/25 / 2025-10-28 11:49:26 / October 28, 2025 @ 11:49 am. Event id: us6000rjwk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rjwk. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:49:26 / 11:49 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 28.1224° East, latitude 39.1474° North, depth = 10 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Manisa (c. 244 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Balıkesir (c. 238 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Turgutlu (c. 103 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Salihli (c. 88 900 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Akhisar (c. 84 700 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Soma (c. 65 900 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Bergama (c. 57 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Şaphane, Alaşehir, Pazarlar (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km SSW of Sındırgı, Turkey. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 28.1224° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.1474° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 km SSW 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 2025-10-28 11:49:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-29 12:26:36 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 312 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 33 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.95 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 57 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 us6000rjwk Id of event.
Event Code 6000rjwk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rjwk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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