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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Sındırgı in Turkey


Earthquake location 39.1713S, 28.2489WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Sındırgı in Turkey. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/11/25 / 2025-11-15 08:46:19 / November 15, 2025 @ 8:46 am. The temblor was detected at 08:46:19 / 8:46 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us6000rnfw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rnfw. Exact location of event, longitude 28.2489 East, latitude 39.1713 North, depth = 10 km.

Event epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Manisa (c. 244 000 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Balıkesir (c. 238 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Turgutlu (c. 103 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Salihli (c. 88 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Akhisar (c. 84 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Soma (c. 65 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Bergama (c. 57 200 pop). Close country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manisa, Alaşehir, Bergama.

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

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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: 9 km SE of Sındırgı, Turkey.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 28.2489° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.1713° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 km SE 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 2025-11-15 08:46:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-16 06:42:50 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 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.05 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 70 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 us6000rnfw Id of event.
Event Code 6000rnfw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rnfw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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