A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Gelendost in Turkey on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 31.0586 East, latitude 38.21 North, depth = 3.59 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:10:45 / 8:10 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10008d42. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008d42. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.59 km (2 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/03/17 / 2017-03-29 18:10:45 / March 29, 2017 @ 6:10 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 67 km (41 miles) from Isparta (c. 172 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Afyonkarahisar (c. 146 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Burdur (c. 66 200 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Akşehir (c. 64 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Bolvadin (c. 55 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Beyşehir (c. 44 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Sandıklı (c. 43 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bucak, Sincanlı, Emirdağ (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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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