A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Marmaraereglisi in Turkey. Exact location, longitude 27.76° East, latitude 40.81° North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us2000408w. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000408w. The temblor was picked up at 18:20:02 / 6:20 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/10/15 / 2015-10-28 16:20:02 / October 28, 2015 @ 4:20 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 95 km (59 miles) from Bahçelievler (c. 576 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Esenyurt (c. 211 300 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Çorlu (c. 202 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Başakşehir (c. 193 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Büyükçekmece (c. 163 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Beylikdüzü (c. 122 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bahçelievler, Başakşehir, Pınarhisar.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km SW of Marmaraereglisi, Turkey. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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