A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Ilic in Turkey. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.19 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/12/18 / 2018-12-27 14:36:50 / December 27, 2018 @ 2:36 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 38.5869 East, latitude 39.5763 North, depth = 14.19 km. Unique identifier: us2000iy3e. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000iy3e. The temblor was reported at 16:36:50 / 4:36 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Erzincan (c. 114 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Şebinkarahisar (c. 47 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Suşehri (c. 25 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Şiran (c. 14 700 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Divriği (c. 13 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Zara (c. 12 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Keban, Şiran, Şebinkarahisar (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 have been detected nearby.
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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: 13 km N of Ilic, Turkey.
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