A 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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