A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 41 kilometers (25 miles) from OEluedeniz in Turkey on Monday. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000c5lg. Unique identifier: us2000c5lg. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/12/17 / 2017-12-11 15:22:10 / December 11, 2017 @ 3:22 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 47.95 km (30 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 17:22:10 / 5:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 28.7874° East, latitude 36.3356° North, depth = 47.95 km.
Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Fethiye (c. 60 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Ródos (c. 56 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Marmaris (c. 33 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Ortaca (c. 19 700 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Dalaman (c. 19 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Sarigerme (c. 16 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ula, Kaş, Marmaris (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eleven 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 41 km SW of OEluedeniz, Turkey.
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