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Moderate mag. 4.8 earthquake - 9.3 km southeast of Izmir, İzmir, Turkey, on Friday, Nov 4, 2022 at 3:29 am (GMT +3) -

Moderate magnitude 4.8 earthquake at 10 km depth

4 Nov 00:31 UTC: First to report: VolcanoDiscovery after 2 minutes.
4 Nov 00:32: Now using data updates from GFZ
4 Nov 00:35: Magnitude recalculated from 5.1 to 4.6. Epicenter location corrected by 1.4 km (0.9 mi) towards NW.
4 Nov 00:51: Now using data updates from USGS

Update Fri, 4 Nov 2022, 00:42

Moderate magnitude 4.6 earthquake 10 km southeast of Izmir, Turkey

4.6 quake 4 Nov 3:29 am (GMT +3)

Just 13 minutes ago, a 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Izmir, İzmir, Turkey. The tremor was recorded early morning on Friday, November 4th, 2022, at 3:29 am local time, at a shallow depth of 10 km below the surface.
The event was filed by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the first seismological agency to report it.
A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 4.6 earthquake as well. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the Kandilli Oservatory and Earthquake Research Institute in Istanbul (KOERI-RETMC) at magnitude 5.1, the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) at magnitude 4.7, and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) at magnitude 5.1.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake was probably felt by many people in the area of the epicenter. It should not have caused significant damage, other than objects falling from shelves, broken windows, etc.
In Karabağlar (pop. 458,000) located 8 km from the epicenter, Izmir (pop. 2,500,600) 10 km away, Menderes (pop. 22,000) 12 km away, and Kemalpaşa (pop. 30,400) 20 km away, the quake should have been felt as light shaking.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Torbalı (pop. 50,300) located 25 km from the epicenter, Menemen (pop. 53,500) 32 km away, Seferihisar (pop. 19,600) 36 km away, Urla (pop. 45,200) 39 km away, and Turgutlu (pop. 103,300) 46 km away.
VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you're in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.

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Earthquake details

Date & time	Nov 4, 2022 00:29:21 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Friday, Nov 4, 2022 at 3:29 am (GMT +3)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.8
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	38.3572°N / 27.2181°E (İzmir, Turkey)
Antipode	38.357°S / 152.782°W
Shaking intensity	Moderate shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	Kenger (110 km / 68 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	7 km (5 mi) ESE of Karabağlar (pop: 458,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 9 km (6 mi) SE of Izmir (pop: 2,500,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 14 km (9 mi) NNE of Menderes (pop: 22,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 19 km (12 mi) WSW of Kemalpaşa (pop: 30,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 26 km (16 mi) NNW of Torbalı (pop: 50,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 31 km (19 mi) SSE of Menemen (pop: 53,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 40 km (25 mi) E of Urla (pop: 45,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 516 km (321 mi) WSW of Ankara (pop: 3,517,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Clear Sky 9.4°C (49 F), humidity: 66%, wind: 2 m/s (3 kts) from N
Estimated seismic energy released	1 x 10¹² joules (278 megawatt hours, equivalent to 239 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.8	10 km	7 Km ESE of Karabağlar, Turkey	USGS
4.9	10 km	WESTERN TURKEY	EMSC
4.7	10 km	Turkey: 63 Km NNE From Samos Vathy	NOA
5.1	4.5 km	Turkey: BUCA (IZMIR)	KOERI-RETMC
4.8	10 km	Turkey	RaspberryShake
4.8	10 km	Turkey	GFZ
4.8	10 km	Turkey	IRIS
5.0	10 km	Turkey	GeoAu
4.8	10 km	Turkey: Buca / Türkei	ZAMG

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Ankara, Turkey (ANTO/IU network) | Distance from quake: 509 km / 317 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Ankara, Turkey: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.2-5.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

User reports for this quake

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