A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported western Turkey kilometers (0 miles) from western Turkey on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:49:30 / 1:49 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000k89k. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000k89k. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 29.4087° East, 37.4318° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/04/19 / 2019-04-01 01:49:30 / April 1, 2019 @ 1:49 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 47 km (29 miles) from Denizli (c. 313 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Burdur (c. 66 200 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Fethiye (c. 60 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Korkuteli (c. 20 500 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Ortaca (c. 19 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Dalaman (c. 19 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fethiye, Dalaman, Elmalı.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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