A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Gümüşhacıköy in Turkey. Exact location, longitude 35.1315° East, latitude 40.9474° North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us6000qg7w. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qg7w. The temblor was picked up at 09:26:28 / 9:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/05/25 / 2025-05-12 09:26:28 / May 12, 2025 @ 9:26 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Earthquake epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Çorum (c. 183 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Bafra (c. 92 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Amasya (c. 82 900 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Zile (c. 55 700 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Merzifon (c. 50 700 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Suluova (c. 47 600 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Osmancık (c. 36 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Zile, Gerze, Bafra (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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