A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Golmarmara in Turkey on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 27.771 East, latitude 38.73 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:14:28 / 3:14 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/05/18 / 2018-05-01 13:14:28 / May 1, 2018 @ 1:14 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us1000dzxc. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000dzxc. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Selçuk, Foça, Dikili (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from İzmir (c. 2 500 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Karabağlar (c. 458 000 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Manisa (c. 244 000 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Turgutlu (c. 103 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Salihli (c. 88 900 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Akhisar (c. 84 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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 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 W of Golmarmara, Turkey.
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