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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Antalya in Turkey


Earthquake location 36.9513S, 30.6565WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Antalya in Turkey. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 30.6565 East, latitude 36.9513 North, depth = 89.38 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 89.38 km (56 miles). Event id: us2000awn9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000awn9. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/09/17 / 2017-09-29 16:08:40 / September 29, 2017 @ 4:08 pm. The temblor was picked up at 18:08:40 / 6:08 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Burdur, Isparta, Derebucak. Close country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Event epicenter was 6 km (4 miles) from Antalya (c. 758 200 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Isparta (c. 172 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Manavgat (c. 99 300 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Belek (c. 73 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Burdur (c. 66 200 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Serik (c. 36 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Beykonak (c. 30 300 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 occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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: 5 km NW of Antalya, Turkey.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 30.6565° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.9513° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 89.38 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5km NW of Antalya, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-09-29 16:08:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-09-29 16:28:51 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 326 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 0.633 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 46 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 us2000awn9 Id of event.
Event Code 2000awn9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000awn9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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