A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Milas in Turkey on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 27.8426° East, 37.102° North. Global time and date of event 13/08/17 / 2017-08-13 17:09:04 / August 13, 2017 @ 5:09 pm UTC/GMT. 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 19:09:04 / 7:09 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us2000a92w. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000a92w.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Faliraki, Sarigerme, Germencik (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Aydın (c. 163 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Söke (c. 68 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Ródos (c. 56 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Muğla (c. 48 200 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Milas (c. 43 200 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Bodrum (c. 39 300 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days fourty-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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