A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Cimin in Turkey on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rtm4. Unique identifier: us6000rtm4. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/12/25 / 2025-12-09 12:34:14 / December 9, 2025 @ 12:34 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 12:34:14 / 12:34 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 39.7105° East, 39.568° North, depth 10 km.
Epicenter of the event was 28 km (17 miles) from Erzincan (c. 114 000 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Cimin (c. 39 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Bayburt (c. 31 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Karakoçan (c. 29 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Tunceli (c. 29 100 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Kelkit (c. 23 900 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Kovancılar (c. 23 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kovancılar, Aşkale, Refahiye (min 5000 pop).
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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km S of Cimin, Turkey. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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