A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Cumayeri in Turkey. Exact location of earthquake, 30.9044° East, 40.8673° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 17:11:25 / 5:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/10/16 / 2016-10-16 14:11:25 / October 16, 2016 @ 2:11 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us20007el8. Unique identifier: us20007el8.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was İhsaniye, Geulzuk, Bahçecik (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Adapazarı (c. 286 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from İzmit (c. 196 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Bolu (c. 96 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Ereğli (c. 88 800 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Düzce (c. 57 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Geulzuk (c. 56 200 pop).
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 3 km W of Cumayeri, Turkey.
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