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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Ciftlikkoy in Turkey


Earthquake location 37.2149S, 42.4069WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Ciftlikkoy in Turkey on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/11/18 / 2018-11-22 05:50:53 / November 22, 2018 @ 5:50 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 07:50:53 / 7:50 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us1000hvbh. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hvbh. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 42.4069° East, 37.2149° North.

Country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Siirt, Pervari, Beytüşşebap (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Dihok (c. 284 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Sīnah (c. 128 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Siirt (c. 114 000 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Zaxo (c. 95 100 pop), 23 km (15 miles) from Cizre (c. 81 000 pop), 6 km (4 miles) from Silopi (c. 74 800 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 4 km NNW of Ciftlikkoy, Turkey.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 42.4069° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.2149° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km NNW of Ciftlikkoy, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-11-22 05:50:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-22 06:29:25 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 271 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 1.366 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 58 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 us1000hvbh Id of event.
Event Code 1000hvbh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000hvbh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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