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M4.0 Earthquake near TURKEY-SYRIA BORDER REGION (Turkey)

UTC time: 2025-12-15 09:20:00 UTC Local time: —

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M4.0 Earthquake near TURKEY-SYRIA BORDER REGION (Turkey) · 2025-12-15 — Map showing the location of the epicenter
M4.0 Earthquake near TURKEY-SYRIA BORDER REGION (Turkey) · 2025-12-15 — Map showing the location of the epicenter

About this earthquake

A magnitude M4.0 earthquake was recorded near TURKEY-SYRIA BORDER REGION (Turkey) on December 15, 2025 at 09:20 UTC. With a focal depth of about 10 km, this was a shallow earthquake, whose shaking is usually felt more strongly at the surface. Tremors of this size are distinctly felt and can occasionally cause light damage.

The data is provided by EMSC and cross-checked across seismological networks. Turkey: over the past 24 hours, QuakeMap24 logged 90 earthquakes, the strongest at M3.2.

Details

ID
58b476fe7568a7fe683cf7d8087d966eec127a63
Magnitude
M4.0
Depth
10.0 km
UTC time
2025-12-15 09:20:00 UTC
Local time
—
Country
Turkey
City
Hatay
Source
emsc
Coordinates
36.23000, 36.14860
Temperature
13.6°C

Depth profile

Depth profile Depth: 10 km (Shallow) Surface Shallow Intermediate Deep 0 km 70 km 300 km 700 km 10 km
Shallow
10 km
10 km — close to the regional average (8.5 km)
Regional average: 8.5 km
Why depth matters

Shallow quakes release energy near the surface — shaking is felt more strongly and damage potential is higher.

Depth classes per USGS

Felt reports

75felt reports at EMSC / LastQuake

Voluntary reports of feeling this earthquake. The count is not an intensity measurement and is not added to USGS DYFI reports.

Data updated: Dec 17, 2025, 1:34 AM UTC · Last checked: Sep 6, 2026, 12:18 PM UTC

Source: EMSC / LastQuake

Radius · 50 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Hatay AirportTurkey · HTY · LTDA
    19.0 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-09-22

This selection shows geographic proximity, not a hazard zone or confirmed impacts. Distances use recorded site coordinates. Sources & data dates

Turkey

Context for this earthquake

22 Sep 2025 – 22 Sep 2026 · M ≥ 3.0 · 1,217 Catalogue entries

Of 1,216 other entries for this area and period, 166 have a higher stored magnitude. Different magnitude types and reports not yet merged limit the comparison.

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