A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Behram in Turkey. The temblor was detected at 06:03:21 / 6:03 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10007tc3. Event ids that are associated: us10007tc3. The epicenter was 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). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/01/17 / 2017-01-15 04:03:21 / January 15, 2017 @ 4:03 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 26.1595° East, 39.6147° North.
Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Çanakkale (c. 87 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Edremit (c. 40 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Burhaniye (c. 38 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Ayvalık (c. 35 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Mytilíni (c. 28 300 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Çan (c. 26 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lâpseki, Çan, Dikili (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 20 km NW of Behram, Turkey.
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