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M1.4 Earthquake near CENTRAL TURKEY (Turkey)

UTC time: 2025-12-17 21:33:15 UTC Local time: —

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About this earthquake

A magnitude M1.4 earthquake was recorded near CENTRAL TURKEY (Turkey) on December 17, 2025 at 21:33 UTC. With a focal depth of about 6 km, this was a shallow earthquake, whose shaking is usually felt more strongly at the surface. Events of this size typically go unnoticed.

The data is provided by EMSC and cross-checked across seismological networks. Turkey: over the past 24 hours, QuakeMap24 logged 84 earthquakes, the strongest at M2.9.

Details

ID
6bd9ffb9601d0d390f3555739d86eef1bf21b95c
Magnitude
M1.4
Depth
5.8 km
UTC time
2025-12-17 21:33:15 UTC
Local time
—
Country
City
Source
emsc
Coordinates
38.37310, 37.60570
Temperature
-0.1°C

Depth profile

Depth profile Depth: 5.8 km (Shallow) Surface Shallow Intermediate Deep 0 km 70 km 300 km 700 km 5.8 km
Shallow
5.8 km
5.8 km — close to the regional average (8.6 km)
Regional average: 8.6 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

Radius · 50 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Malatya Erhaç AirportTurkey · MLX · LTAT
    42.8 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-10-05

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

05 Oct 2025 – 05 Oct 2026 · M ≥ 2.0 · 6,815 Catalogue entries

Sufficiently reliable matching data are not currently available for a direct comparison. The area profile shows the available records and their limitations.

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