Earthquakes today

Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today

Earthquake breaking news, Light World Earthquakes Magnitude 4-4.9

Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Sarmansuyu in Turkey


Earthquake location 38.6194S, 43.1562WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (mg/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Sarmansuyu in Turkey. The temblor was reported at 01:35:22 / 1:35 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time of event 23/06/15 / 2015-06-23 22:35:22 / June 23, 2015 @ 10:35 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 43.1562 East, latitude 38.6194 North, depth 10 km, unique identifier, us10002l9m. Ids that are associated to the event, ,us10002l9m,.

Close countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). The epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Van (c. 371 700 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Erciş (c. 91 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Patnos (c. 87 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Tatvan (c. 73 200 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Ahlat (c. 64 700 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Adilcevaz (c. 52 800 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bitlis, Bulanık, Pervari.

Did you feel it?

Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded in: 23 km NNW of Sarmansuyu, Turkey.


More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 43.1562° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.6194° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23km NNW of Sarmansuyu, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-06-23 22:35:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-06-23 23:09:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 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 298 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 0.883 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 72 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 us10002l9m Id of event.
Event Code 10002l9m An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10002l9m, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Leave a Reply