A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Tekirova in Turkey. Unique identifier: us100063cn. Ids that are associated to the event: us100063cn. Exact location of earthquake, 31.134° East, 35.9243° North, depth 44.7 km. The temblor was picked up at 20:36:07 / 8:36 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.7 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/07/16 / 2016-07-13 18:36:07 / July 13, 2016 @ 6:36 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kemer, Beykonak, Tekirova (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from Beykonak (c. 30 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Tekirova (c. 20 000 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Kemer (c. 17 300 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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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. 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: 84 km SE of Tekirova, Turkey.
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