A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Yakuplu in Turkey on Monday. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003ypf. Unique identifier: us10003ypf. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.31 km (5 miles). The temblor was picked up at 17:45:44 / 5:45 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 28.7519° East, latitude 40.864° North, depth = 7.31 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/11/15 / 2015-11-16 15:45:44 / November 16, 2015 @ 3:45 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 24 km (15 miles) from İstanbul (c. 11 174 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Bursa (c. 1 412 700 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Bağcılar (c. 724 300 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Üsküdar (c. 582 700 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Bahçelievler (c. 576 800 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Umraniye (c. 573 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was İhsaniye, Marmaracık, Körfez (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 15 km SSE of Yakuplu, Turkey.
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