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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Honaz in Turkey


Earthquake location 37.7782S, 29.4086WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Honaz in Turkey. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us1000dsmn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dsmn. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/04/18 / 2018-04-26 11:37:43 / April 26, 2018 @ 11:37 am. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:37:43 / 1:37 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 29.4086 East, latitude 37.7782 North, depth = 10 km.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kuyucak, Sivaslı, Sarıgöl. Close country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 28 km (18 miles) from Denizli (c. 313 200 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Burdur (c. 66 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Dinar (c. 35 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Sarayköy (c. 18 900 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Serinhisar (c. 17 200 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Buldan (c. 14 800 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 12 km E of Honaz, Turkey.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 29.4086° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.7782° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12km E of Honaz, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-04-26 11:37:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-26 12:26:35 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 4.1 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 0.874 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 55 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 us1000dsmn Id of event.
Event Code 1000dsmn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000dsmn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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