M 4.4 earthquake – 12 km NNW of Sulusaray, Turkey
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Local time: Aug 21, 2025 · 01:24 (UTC+3)
LightShallow · 10 km
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- Magnitude
- 4.4body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 40.100, 36.02626 km from Zile
- Energy released
- 60 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 30 km
- Significance
- 298USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Jun 24, 2025.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 60 tons of TNT, 7.9 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Turkey.
- 7.6 10 km WNW of Orta, Turkey Feb 1, 1944
- 7.5 Elbistan earthquake, Kahramanmaras earthquake sequence Feb 6, 2023
- 7.5 6 km SSE of Ilgaz, Turkey Nov 26, 1943
- 7.0 30 km NNE of Erbaa, Turkey Dec 20, 1942
- 7.0 18 km W of Doğanşar, Turkey Jan 24, 1916
- 7.0 14 km S of Eflani, Turkey Aug 13, 1951
- 6.6 26 km NE of Kaman, Turkey Apr 19, 1938
- 6.5 15 km ENE of İskilip, Turkey Jun 25, 1910