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Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 07:19 | 1 hour ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor

An earthquake of magnitude 4.9 occurred only 12 minutes ago 62 km southeast of Balikesir, Turkey, Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) reported.
The quake hit at a very shallow depth of 7. km beneath the epicenter near Balikesir, Turkey, in the morning on Thursday, December 11th, 2025, at 10:06 am local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
A second report was later issued by the United States Geological Survey, which listed it as a magnitude 4.5 earthquake. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the Kandilli Oservatory and Earthquake Research Institute in Istanbul (KOERI-RETMC) at magnitude 4.9, The Seismological Survey of Serbia (SSS) at magnitude 4.9, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) at magnitude 4.8, the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) at magnitude 5.1, the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 4.9, The Seismological Laboratory of the University of Athens (UOA) at magnitude 4.7, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) at magnitude 4.8, and The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Geophysical Lab. (AUTH) at magnitude 4.5.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake was probably felt by many people in the

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Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Nov 17, 03:32 am (Istanbul)

4.0

6 km13 km (8.3 mi) to the W Balikesir, 45 km northeast of Akhisar, Manisa, Turkey 2 reportsInfoNov 15, 11:46 am (Istanbul)

4.4

12 km5.3 km (3.3 mi) to the S Sındırgı (Balıkesir) 2 reportsInfoNov 15, 03:04 am (Istanbul)

4.1

7 km14 km (8.9 mi) to the W 51 km southeast of Balikesir, Balikesir, Turkey 4 reportsInfoNov 13, 07:45 am (Istanbul)

4.0

7 km16 km (9.9 mi) to the W 50 km southeast of Balikesir, Balikesir, Turkey 1 reportInfoNov 13, 06:21 am (Istanbul)

4.2

7.9 km13 km (8.2 mi) to the W 52 km southeast of Balikesir, Balikesir, Turkey 3 reportsInfoNov 3, 03:35 pm (Istanbul)

5.0

10 km0.7 km (0.4 mi) to the NW 12 km ESE of Sındırgı, Turkey 54 reportsInfoOct 27, 10:48 pm (Istanbul)

6.0

8 km8.6 km (5.4 mi) to the NW Balikesir, 131 km northeast of Izmir, Izmir, Turkey 689 reportsInfoSep 28, 12:59 pm (Istanbul)

5.2

10 km55 km (34 mi) to the E Kuetahya, 101 km southeast of Balikesir, Balikesir, Turkey 89 reportsInfoSep 22, 12:05 am (Istanbul)

5.1

10 km17 km (10.7 mi) to the W Balikesir, 119 km northeast of Izmir, Izmir, Turkey 104 reportsInfoAug 10, 07:53 pm (Istanbul)

6.1

13 km21 km (13 mi) to the W 47 km south of Balikesir, Balikesir, Turkey 574 reportsInfoJun 26, 2020 10:21 am (Istanbul)

5.1

10 km59 km (37 mi) to the SW 8.2 km north of Goelmarmara, Manisa, Turkey 564 reportsInfoJan 22, 2020 10:22 pm (Istanbul)

5.5

10 km44 km (27 mi) to the W 14 km east of Kirkagac, Manisa, Turkey 1189 reportsInfoMay 27, 2017 06:53 pm (Istanbul)

5.1

10 km60 km (37 mi) to the SW 4.4 km northeast of Goelmarmara,

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