A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Konak in Turkey. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20003j43. Event ids that are associated: us20003j43. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/09/15 / 2015-09-13 02:57:27 / September 13, 2015 @ 2:57 am. Exact location of event, longitude 28.9664 East, latitude 37.1443 North, depth = 5 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:57:27 / 5:57 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kuyucak, Elmalı, Çine (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Denizli (c. 313 200 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Fethiye (c. 60 400 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Muğla (c. 48 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Marmaris (c. 33 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Çine (c. 21 300 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Ortaca (c. 19 700 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Dalaman (c. 19 300 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 32 km SSW of Konak, Turkey.
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