A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Nurdağı in Turkey. Global time and date of event 21/10/25 / 2025-10-21 02:06:00 / October 21, 2025 @ 2:06 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us6000ried. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000ried. Exact location of earthquake, 36.9665° East, 37.2945° North, depth 10 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:06:00 / 2:06 am (local time epicenter). 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). Earthquake epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Gaziantep (c. 1 066 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Kahramanmaraş (c. 376 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Osmaniye (c. 202 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Nizip (c. 82 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Kilis (c. 82 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kadirli (c. 70 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Göksun, Besni, ‘Afrīn.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 24 km NE of Nurdağı, Turkey.
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