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M2.6 Earthquake near WESTERN TURKEY (Turkey)

UTC time: 2025-04-23 14:04:57 UTC Local time: —

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About this earthquake

A magnitude M2.6 earthquake was recorded near WESTERN TURKEY (Turkey) on April 23, 2025 at 14:04 UTC. With a focal depth of about 7 km, this was a shallow earthquake, whose shaking is usually felt more strongly at the surface. Earthquakes of this small magnitude are usually barely noticeable and cause no damage.

The data is provided by EMSC and cross-checked across seismological networks. Turkey: over the past 24 hours, QuakeMap24 logged 52 earthquakes, the strongest at M5.2.

Details

ID
ca59fb5de5777ceef49ee93bb5436888742c9649
Magnitude
M2.6
Depth
7.0 km
UTC time
2025-04-23 14:04:57 UTC
Local time
—
Country
Turkey
Source
emsc
Coordinates
40.84580, 28.37140
Temperature
10.7°C

Depth profile

Depth profile Depth: 7 km (Shallow) Surface Shallow Intermediate Deep 0 km 70 km 300 km 700 km 7 km
Shallow
7 km
7 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

Felt reports

23felt 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: Apr 26, 2025, 2:59 AM UTC · Last checked: Sep 6, 2026, 12:16 PM UTC

Source: EMSC / LastQuake

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Radius · 50 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Tekirdağ Çorlu AirportTurkey · TEQ · LTBU
    50.0 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-10-04

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

04 Oct 2025 – 04 Oct 2026 · M ≥ 2.0 · 6,805 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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