A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Askale in Turkey. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 11/05/17 / 2017-05-11 17:58:02 / May 11, 2017 @ 5:58 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 40.7815 East, latitude 40.037 North, depth = 4.25 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 4.25 km (3 miles). The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:58:02 / 7:58 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10008riw. Unique identifier: us10008riw.
Event epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Erzurum (c. 420 700 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Cimin (c. 39 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Bayburt (c. 31 300 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Pasinler (c. 24 600 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Aşkale (c. 15 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Çaykara (c. 14 400 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Ilıca (c. 12 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalkandere, Köprübaşı, Hayrat (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop).
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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 14 km NNE of Askale, Turkey.
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