A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Saray in Turkey. The temblor was picked up at 07:20:06 / 7:20 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000ezck. Unique identifier: us1000ezck. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 44.3634° East, latitude 38.6085° North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/06/18 / 2018-06-23 03:50:06 / June 23, 2018 @ 3:50 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Van (c. 371 700 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Khvoy (c. 175 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Salmās (c. 81 600 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from (c. 31 900 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Başkale (c. 14 500 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Özalp (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Van, Başkale, (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 17 km ESE of Saray, Turkey. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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