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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Datca in Turkey

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Datca in Turkey on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 27.4926° East, 36.7714° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:53:50 / 2:53 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/07/17 / 2017-07-21 00:53:50 / July 21, 2017 @ 12:53 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us20009yr1. Unique identifier: us20009yr1.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (46 miles) from Ródos (c. 56 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Milas (c. 43 200 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Bodrum (c. 39 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Marmaris (c. 33 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Didim (c. 26 000 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Kos (c. 19 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ula, Yatağan, Archángelos.

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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: 17 km WNW of Datca, Turkey.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	27.4926° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.7714° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	17km WNW of Datca, Turkey	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-07-21 00:53:50	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-07-21 01:14:19	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	259	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	0.752	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.02 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	64	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	us20009yr1	Id of event.
Event Code	20009yr1	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20009yr1,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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