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Earthquake: M 4.2 quake strikes near Karacabey in Turkey


Earthquake location 40.032S, 28.548WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (mg/mb) has occurred on Friday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Karacabey in Turkey. The temblor was reported at 12:19:44 / 12:19 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time of event 2015-01-23 10:19:44 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 28.548 East, latitude 40.032 North, depth 10 km.

Close countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). The epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Bursa (c. 1 412 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Balıkesir (c. 238 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Inegol (c. 134 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Bandırma (c. 107 600 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Mustafakemalpaşa (c. 101 400 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yalova, Çınarcık, Inegol.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 28.548° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.032° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23km SSE of Karacabey, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-01-23 10:19:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-01-23 12:29:53 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 120 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 272 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources us A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.539 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.3 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 52 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID usc000tijv Id of event.
Event Code c000tijv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS usc000tijv A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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