A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Cimin in Turkey. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 23:21:51 / 11:21 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/12/16 / 2016-12-16 21:21:51 / December 16, 2016 @ 9:21 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us200081q1. Event ids that are associated: us200081q1. Exact location of earthquake, 39.72° East, 39.6° North, depth 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aşkale, Pertek, Refahiye (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). The epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Erzincan (c. 114 000 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Cimin (c. 39 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Bayburt (c. 31 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Karakoçan (c. 29 700 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Tunceli (c. 29 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Kelkit (c. 23 900 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 in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km S of Cimin, Turkey. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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