A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Solhan in Turkey. Global time and date of event 10/06/16 / 2016-06-10 18:57:02 / June 10, 2016 @ 6:57 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 40.8123 East, latitude 39.0607 North, depth = 23.83 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 23.83 km (15 miles). The temblor was picked up at 21:57:02 / 9:57 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us200063mk. Unique identifier: us200063mk.
Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Muş (c. 82 500 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Bingöl (c. 80 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Hınıs (c. 35 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Karakoçan (c. 29 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Kulp (c. 26 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Kovancılar (c. 23 000 pop). Close country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Korkut, Kovancılar, Kocaköy (min 5000 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each 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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