A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Biga in Turkey on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 27.0546° East, latitude 40.3805° North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us2000jk8x. Event ids that are associated: us2000jk8x. Global time and date of event 19/02/19 / 2019-02-19 21:33:57 / February 19, 2019 @ 9:33 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 23:33:57 / 11:33 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Havran, Ezine, Edremit. Close country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Tekirdağ (c. 122 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Bandırma (c. 107 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Çanakkale (c. 87 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Keşan (c. 44 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Edremit (c. 40 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Gönen (c. 40 800 pop).
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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 23 km NW of Biga, Turkey.
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