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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Sındırgı in Turkey

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Sındırgı in Turkey on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us6000rkii. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rkii. Exact location, longitude 28.1492° East, latitude 39.2097° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 04:18:51 / 4:18 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/10/25 / 2025-10-31 04:18:51 / October 31, 2025 @ 4:18 am.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Manisa, Turgutlu, Pazarlar (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (57 miles) from Manisa (c. 244 000 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Balıkesir (c. 238 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Turgutlu (c. 103 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Salihli (c. 88 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Akhisar (c. 84 700 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Soma (c. 65 900 pop).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 4 km SW of Sındırgı, Turkey.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	28.1492° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	39.2097° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	4 km SW 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	2025-10-31 04:18:51	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-10-31 04:44:03	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	271	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	27	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.977	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.49 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	43	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	us6000rkii	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rkii	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rkii,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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