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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Çivril in Turkey

Posted by admin on April 12, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 38.225S, 29.7272WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Çivril in Turkey. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q5jl. Id of event: us6000q5jl. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/04/25 / 2025-04-12 01:37:27 / April 12, 2025 @ 1:37 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 29.7272 East, latitude 38.225 North, depth = 10 km. 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). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:37:27 / 1:37 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acıpayam, Gediz, Selendi. The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Denizli (c. 313 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Isparta (c. 172 300 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Uşak (c. 152 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Afyonkarahisar (c. 146 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Burdur (c. 66 200 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Sandıklı (c. 43 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Dinar (c. 35 400 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 three 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. 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: 8 km S of Çivril, Turkey.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 29.7272° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.225° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km S of Çivril, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-04-12 01:37:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-12 20:59:03 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 312 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 28 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.726 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 56 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000q5jl Id of event.
Event Code 6000q5jl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000q5jl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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