A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Bayat in Turkey. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 34.2515 East, latitude 40.8388 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/11/16 / 2016-11-02 11:57:44 / November 2, 2016 @ 11:57 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 13:57:44 / 1:57 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us100073pf. Event ids that are associated: us100073pf.
Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Çorum (c. 183 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Khanjarah (c. 71 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Kastamonu (c. 70 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Sungurlu (c. 37 500 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Osmancık (c. 36 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Boyabat (c. 27 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Durağan, Devrekani, Şabanözü (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km N of Bayat, Turkey. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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