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Light earthquake: M4 quake strikes near Karaburun in Turkey


Earthquake location 38.6868S, 26.4033WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (mg/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Karaburun in Turkey. The temblor was reported at 00:25:06 / 12:25 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 16.7 km (10 miles). Global time of event 27/02/15 / 2015-02-27 22:25:06 / February 27, 2015 @ 10:25 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 26.4033 East, latitude 38.6868 North, depth 16.7 km, unique identifier, usc000ttv5.

Close countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from İzmir (c. 2 500 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Karabağlar (c. 458 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Manisa (c. 244 000 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Bergama (c. 57 200 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Menemen (c. 53 500 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manisa, Bergama, Menderes.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 26.4033° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.6868° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 16.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10km WNW of Karaburun, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-02-27 22:25:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-03-21 05:43:22 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 120 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 246 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 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.29 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 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 usc000ttv5 Id of event.
Event Code c000ttv5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,usc000ttv5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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