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M4.3 earthquake 13 km SSW of Akhisar, Turkey

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 13 km SSW of Akhisar, Turkey on Sat, Dec 24, 2005, 5:56 AM GMT+2 (03:56 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Sat, Dec 24, 2005, 5:56 AM GMT+2
UTC: 2005-12-24 03:56:07 UTC
Depth: 14.0 km (8.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 38.804° N, 27.783° E
Region: Turkey
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Deaths and damage

From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 7253), matched to this event by time and place.

Damage: Limited (under about $1 million)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

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What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Slight damage at Akhisar.

From the USGS event page for usp000e6rh. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap: 15°
Stations used: 207

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e6rh. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:49 PM UTC.