A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Caglayancerit in Turkey. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:29:05 / 5:29 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 37.4004 East, latitude 37.6544 North, depth = 5 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h5mr. Id of event: us1000h5mr. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/10/18 / 2018-10-02 15:29:05 / October 2, 2018 @ 3:29 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Samsat, Hasanbeyli, Andırın (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Gaziantep (c. 1 066 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Kahramanmaraş (c. 376 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Adıyaman (c. 223 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Nizip (c. 82 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Elbistan (c. 80 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Birecik (c. 44 300 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Besni (c. 41 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 14 km SE of Caglayancerit, Turkey. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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