A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Elmadag in Turkey. The temblor was picked up at 23:55:04 / 11:55 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2 km (1 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/06/15 / 2015-06-29 20:55:04 / June 29, 2015 @ 8:55 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 33.1348 East, latitude 39.9248 North, depth = 2 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002mfj. Id of event: us10002mfj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Güdül, Kaman, Orta (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 24 km (15 miles) from Ankara (c. 3 517 200 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Çankaya (c. 792 200 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Batikent (c. 300 000 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Kırıkkale (c. 211 100 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Çubuk (c. 62 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 8 km W of Elmadag, Turkey.
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