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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Askale in Turkey


Earthquake location 40.037S, 40.7815WA 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.

Questions or comments?

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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 40.7815° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.037° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.25 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14km NNE of Askale, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-05-11 17:58:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-11 18:12:21 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 120 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 385 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.219 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 30 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us10008riw Id of event.
Event Code 10008riw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10008riw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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