A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Eceabat in Turkey on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/07/15 / 2015-07-24 06:54:10 / July 24, 2015 @ 6:54 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 26.2947 East, latitude 40.2414 North, depth = 2.85 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 09:54:10 / 9:54 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.85 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us20002zs8. Event ids that are associated: us20002zs8.
Event epicenter was 14 km (9 miles) from Çanakkale (c. 87 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Alexandroúpoli (c. 53 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Keşan (c. 44 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Biga (c. 30 900 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Malkara (c. 27 400 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Çan (c. 26 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Malkara, Altınoluk, Biga. Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 8 km NW of Eceabat, Turkey.
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