Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 strikes Turkey: GFZ

The intensity of the earthquake in Turkey was initially measured at 5.33, however, the GFZ website later reported the magnitude at 4.7.

Updated on: Oct 09, 2025 5:49 AM IST

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An earthquake of magnitude 4.7 struck Turkey in the early hours of Thursday, according to German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ).

The earthquake was at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.21 miles), GFZ said. (Pixabay/Representative)

The intensity of the earthquake in Turkey was initially measured at 5.33, however, the GFZ website later reported the magnitude at 4.7.

The earthquake struck at around 2:54 am (local time) and was at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.21 miles), GFZ said.

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) measured the magnitude of the Turkey earthquake at 4.9, with the epicentre 17 kilometres southwest of Emet and at a depth of 7.4 kilometres.

There were no immediate reports of casualties or damages.

In the early hours of October 6, an earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck the Kyrgyzstan region, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC).

A powerful earthquake of 5. magnitude shook northwestern Turkey on September 28 as well, prompting residents to rush out of their houses. No casualties were reported.

The magnitude 5.4 quake was centered in the town of Simav in Kutahya province at a depth of eight kilometers (5 miles), emergency agency AFAD said.

The earthquake struck at 12:59 pm (local time) and was followed by a magnitude 4.0 aftershock. Tremors were also felt in Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city some 100 kilometers to the north, according to media reports.

Earthquakes are frequent in Turkey as it sits on top of major fault lines.

In 2023, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake killed more than 53,000 people in the country and destroyed or damaged hundreds of thousands of buildings in 11 southern and southeastern provinces. About 6,000 people were killed in the northern parts of neighboring Syria due to tremors of the earthquake in Turkey.

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