M 5.2 earthquake – 16 km NNW of Simav, Turkey
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Local time: Sep 28, 2025 · 12:59 (UTC+3)
ModerateShallow · 10 kmPAGER green
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- Magnitude
- 5.2moment magnitude (mww)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 39.238, 28.93817 km from Simav
- Energy released
- 951 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- 27"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 7.1max. instrumental (MMI)
- Aftershocks
- 3M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 435USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Aug 10, 2025.
How strong was it?
Moderate earthquake. It released 951 tons of TNT, 2 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
3 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Turkey.
- 7.6 4 km ESE of Derince, Turkey Aug 17, 1999
- 7.3 7 km N of Gönen, Turkey Mar 18, 1953
- 7.3 9 km E of Akyazı, Turkey Jul 22, 1967
- 7.2 22 km NE of Gediz, Turkey Mar 28, 1970
- 7.2 25 km SE of Malkara, Turkey Aug 9, 1912
- 7.2 8 km S of Düzce, Turkey Nov 12, 1999
- 7.2 9 km NNW of Karaburun, Turkey Jul 23, 1949
- 7.1 13 km SSW of Düzce, Turkey May 26, 1957