A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Nurdağı in Turkey. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:09:09 / 9:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/11/25 / 2025-11-20 09:09:09 / November 20, 2025 @ 9:09 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 36.7595 East, latitude 37.1871 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us6000rpb8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rpb8.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 57 km (35 miles) from Gaziantep (c. 1 066 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Kahramanmaraş (c. 376 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Osmaniye (c. 202 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from İskenderun (c. 160 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Ceyhan (c. 96 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Kozan (c. 88 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Nizip (c. 82 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was İmamoğlu, Göksun, Nizip.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 2 km NE of Nurdağı, Turkey.
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