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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Bodrum in Turkey


Earthquake location 37.0438S, 27.7064WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Bodrum in Turkey. The temblor was detected at 18:35:23 / 6:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/08/17 / 2017-08-13 16:35:23 / August 13, 2017 @ 4:35 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 27.7064 East, latitude 37.0438 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000a7t6. Event ids that are associated: us2000a7t6.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Afántou, Germencik, İncirliova. Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Aydın (c. 163 000 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Söke (c. 68 200 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Ródos (c. 56 100 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Muğla (c. 48 200 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Milas (c. 43 200 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Bodrum (c. 39 300 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 24 km E of Bodrum, Turkey. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 27.7064° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.0438° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24km E of Bodrum, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-08-13 16:35:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-08-13 21:42:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 120 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 298 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 0.893 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 49 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 us2000a7t6 Id of event.
Event Code 2000a7t6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000a7t6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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