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Wed, 23 Apr 2025, 10:13 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Just 9 minutes ago, a 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Beylikduzu, Istanbul, Turkey. The tremor was recorded around noon on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025, at 1:02 pm local time, at a shallow depth of 13. km below the surface.
The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should have been widely felt by almost everyone in the area of the epicenter. It might have caused light to moderate damage.
Moderate shaking probably occurred in Gurpinar (pop. 29,400) located 5 km from the epicenter, Mimarsinan (pop. 31,000) 6 km away, Beylikduzu (pop. 122,500) 6 km away, Bueyuekcekmece (pop. 163,100) 6 km away, and Esenyurt (pop. 211,300) 11 km away.
In Basaksehir (pop. 193,800) located 24 km from the epicenter, Bahcelievler (pop. 576,800) 25 km away, Bagcilar (pop. 749,000) 25 km away, and Istanbul (pop. 14,804,100) 32 km away, the quake should have been felt as light shaking.
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3.2

10.2 km89 km (55 mi) to the W Central Serbia, Serbia 1 report

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3.0

10 km55 km (34 mi) to the S Sofia, 35 km west of Pazardzhik, Pazardzhik, Bulgaria

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3.2

10 km45 km (28 mi) to the N 5.1 km southeast of Vratsa, Vratsa, Bulgaria

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Nov 24, 2023 03:34 pm (Sofia)

3.0

14 km77 km (48 mi) to the S 51 km east of Blagoevgrad, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria

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Feb 23, 2023 03:19 am (Sofia)

3.0

10 km56 km (35 mi) to the N 5.9 km north of Vratsa, Oblast Vratsa, Bulgaria

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Sep 24, 2021 02:17 am (Belgrade)

3.8

154 km97 km (60 mi) to the NW 9.4 km northeast of Pirot, Central Serbia, Serbia

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Dec 30, 2019 08:01 pm (Sofia)

4.5

10 km70 km (43 mi) to the S 19 km south of Samokov, Sofia, Bulgaria 366 reportsInfoNov 26, 2017 10:01 pm (Sofia)

4.5

10 km46 km (28 mi) to the E 3.1 km east of Anton, Sofia, Bulgaria 109 reportsInfoNov 11, 2017 04:54 am (Universal Time)

4.1

11 km35 km (22 mi) to the NW 25 km north of Sofia, Sofia-Grad, Bulgaria 47 reportsInfoJul 14, 2012 03:52 pm (Sofia)

4.6

10.2 km56 km (35 mi) to the W Pernik, 21 km west of Sofia, Sofia-Grad, Bulgaria InfoMay 29, 2012 10:23 am (Sofia)

4.5

15 km65 km (40 mi) to the W 10.7 km northwest of Pernik, Pernik, Bulgaria InfoMay 24, 2012 12:59 am (Sofia)

4.0

15 km55 km (34 mi) to the SW 8.2 km east of Pernik, Pernik, Bulgaria InfoMay 22, 2012 08:07 pm (Sofia)

3.9

2 km64 km (40 mi) to the W

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