A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Kelkit in Turkey. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/04/25 / 2025-04-09 03:09:30 / April 9, 2025 @ 3:09 am. Exact location of earthquake, 39.5155° East, 39.9564° North, depth 10 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:09:30 / 3:09 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q4v9. Id of event: us6000q4v9. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Erzincan (c. 114 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Cimin (c. 39 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Gumushkhane (c. 32 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Bayburt (c. 31 300 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Kelkit (c. 23 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Şiran (c. 14 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tercan, Aydıntepe, Bayburt (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop).
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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km SSE of Kelkit, Turkey. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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