A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Kırıkhan in Turkey. The temblor was reported at 01:15:09 / 1:15 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). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 36.4679 East, latitude 36.5952 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000rvds. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rvds. Global time and date of event 17/12/25 / 2025-12-17 01:15:09 / December 17, 2025 @ 1:15 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Aleppo (c. 1 602 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Antakya (c. 210 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Osmaniye (c. 202 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from İskenderun (c. 160 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Idlib (c. 128 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Ceyhan (c. 96 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Syria (c. 22 198 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jisr ash Shughūr, Sarāqib, Yayladağı (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 14 km NE of Kırıkhan, Turkey.
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