A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Tur kmenbasy in Tur kmenistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20009l35. Id of event: us20009l35. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:17:27 / 3:17 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 52.6568° East, 40.1118° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/06/17 / 2017-06-07 10:17:27 / June 7, 2017 @ 10:17 am.
Event epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Türkmenbaşy (c. 68 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Turkmenistan (c. 4 941 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Türkmenbaşy (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 27 km WNW of Tur kmenbasy, Tur kmenistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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