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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near OEluedeniz in Turkey


Earthquake location 36.4172S, 29.1268WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from OEluedeniz in Turkey on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:44:18 / 5:44 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/06/18 / 2018-06-10 15:44:18 / June 10, 2018 @ 3:44 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 29.1268 East, latitude 36.4172 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us1000emrl. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000emrl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Fethiye (c. 60 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Ródos (c. 56 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Marmaris (c. 33 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Ortaca (c. 19 700 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Dalaman (c. 19 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Elmalı (c. 16 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Finike, Turunçova, Marmaris (min 5000 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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 16 km S of OEluedeniz, Turkey. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 29.1268° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.4172° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16km S of OEluedeniz, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-06-10 15:44:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-10 16:34:44 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 284 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 0.71 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.13 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 107 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 us1000emrl Id of event.
Event Code 1000emrl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000emrl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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