A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Sabanozu in Turkey on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude 33.3208 East, latitude 40.3221 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:30:53 / 10:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/08/16 / 2016-08-02 19:30:53 / August 2, 2016 @ 7:30 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us100069j7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100069j7.
Close country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Ankara (c. 3 517 200 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Çankaya (c. 792 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Batikent (c. 300 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Kırıkkale (c. 211 100 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Khanjarah (c. 71 400 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Çubuk (c. 62 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gözyeri, Karakeçili, Keskin.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 18 km S of Sabanozu, Turkey.
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