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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Kızkalesi in Turkey


Earthquake location 36.1705S, 34.1984WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Kızkalesi in Turkey on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 34.1984° East, latitude 36.1705° North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rnsl. Unique identifier: us6000rnsl. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:36:42 / 6:36 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/10/25 / 2025-10-27 06:36:42 / October 27, 2025 @ 6:36 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Mercin (c. 537 800 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Silifke (c. 75 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Mut (c. 49 400 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Erdemli (c. 46 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Gülnar (c. 12 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Tömük (c. 11 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mut, Aydıncık, Mercin.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 32 km S of Kızkalesi, Turkey.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 34.1984° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.1705° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 32 km S of Kızkalesi, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-27 06:36:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-19 09:00:40 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 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.399 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.94 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 107 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 us6000rnsl Id of event.
Event Code 6000rnsl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rnsl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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