A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Karaburun in Turkey on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/07/18 / 2018-07-12 19:56:49 / July 12, 2018 @ 7:56 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000g3gz. Unique identifier: us2000g3gz. Exact location, longitude 26.4382° East, latitude 38.7715° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 21:56:49 / 9:56 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Karabağlar, Bergama, İzmir. Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from İzmir (c. 2 500 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Karabağlar (c. 458 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Bergama (c. 57 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Menemen (c. 53 500 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Urla (c. 45 200 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 15 km NNW of Karaburun, Turkey.
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