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Light earthquake: M4.9 quake has struck near Yesilova in Turkey

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Yesilova in Turkey on Monday. Unique identifier: us2000gbkk. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000gbkk. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 04:40:24 / 4:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/07/18 / 2018-07-23 02:40:24 / July 23, 2018 @ 2:40 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 29.9272 East, latitude 37.5323 North, depth = 10 km.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sarayköy, Antalya, Kale. Country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 97 km (60 miles) from Antalya (c. 758 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Denizli (c. 313 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Isparta (c. 172 300 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Burdur (c. 66 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Dinar (c. 35 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Bucak (c. 29 200 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Korkuteli (c. 20 500 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 15 km E of Yesilova, Turkey. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	29.9272° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.5323° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	15km E of Yesilova, Turkey	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-07-23 02:40:24	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-07-23 03:00:15	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	369	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	0.556	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.81 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	49	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	us2000gbkk	Id of event.
Event Code	2000gbkk	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000gbkk,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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