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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Beykonak in Turkey

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Beykonak in Turkey on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 30.5084 East, latitude 36.0641 North, depth = 49.81 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 49.81 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:18:46 / 3:18 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/10/16 / 2016-10-19 12:18:46 / October 19, 2016 @ 12:18 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007fbb. Id of event: us20007fbb.

Country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Event epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Antalya (c. 758 200 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Beykonak (c. 30 300 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Tekirova (c. 20 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Kemer (c. 17 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Elmalı (c. 16 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Demre (c. 15 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Demre (c. 14 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Antalya, Elmalı, Kaş.

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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 34 km SSE of Beykonak, Turkey.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	30.5084° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.0641° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	49.81 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	34km SSE of Beykonak, Turkey	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-10-19 12:18:46	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-10-19 12:44:44	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	180	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	340	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.75	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.91 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	106	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us20007fbb	Id of event.
Event Code	20007fbb	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20007fbb,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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