A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Kigi in Turkey. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:37:37 / 3:37 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003h1b. Id of event: us20003h1b. Global time and date of event 07/09/15 / 2015-09-07 00:37:37 / September 7, 2015 @ 12:37 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 40.28° East, 39.18° North, depth 5 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Erzincan (c. 114 000 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Bingöl (c. 80 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Cimin (c. 39 600 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Karakoçan (c. 29 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Tunceli (c. 29 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Kovancılar (c. 23 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Erzincan, Hozat, Dicle. Close country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 16 km SSW of Kigi, Turkey.
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