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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Akhisar in Turkey


Earthquake location 38.9815S, 27.8157WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Akhisar in Turkey. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:15:42 / 5:15 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 27/01/19 / 2019-01-27 03:15:42 / January 27, 2019 @ 3:15 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000j9c9. Event ids that are associated: us2000j9c9. Exact location of earthquake, 27.8157° East, 38.9815° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (54 miles) from İzmir (c. 2 500 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Karabağlar (c. 458 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Manisa (c. 244 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Balıkesir (c. 238 200 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Turgutlu (c. 103 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Salihli (c. 88 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alaşehir, Burhaniye, Kiraz. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop).

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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 7 km NNW of Akhisar, Turkey.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 27.8157° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.9815° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7km NNW of Akhisar, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-01-27 03:15:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-27 04:24:22 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 120 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 272 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 0.759 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.2 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 us2000j9c9 Id of event.
Event Code 2000j9c9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000j9c9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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