A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Orta in Turkey. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000jgqe. Event ids that are associated: us2000jgqe. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/02/19 / 2019-02-12 17:14:30 / February 12, 2019 @ 5:14 pm. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:14:30 / 7:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 32.949 East, latitude 40.5766 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Beypazarı, Kırıkkale, Ayaş (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Ankara (c. 3 517 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Çankaya (c. 792 200 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Batikent (c. 300 000 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Kırıkkale (c. 211 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Karabük (c. 97 500 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Khanjarah (c. 71 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Çubuk (c. 62 600 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km WSW of Orta, Turkey. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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