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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Acipayam in Turkey


Earthquake location 37.5238S, 29.4811WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Acipayam in Turkey on Monday. Exact location, longitude 29.4811° East, latitude 37.5238° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 16:35:34 / 4:35 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000k96i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000k96i. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/03/19 / 2019-03-25 14:35:34 / March 25, 2019 @ 2:35 pm.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Çivril, Keçiborlu, Dinar. Nearby country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 44 km (28 miles) from Denizli (c. 313 200 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Burdur (c. 66 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Dinar (c. 35 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Korkuteli (c. 20 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Sarayköy (c. 18 900 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Serinhisar (c. 17 200 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 16 km NE of Acipayam, Turkey. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 29.4811° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.5238° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16km NE of Acipayam, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-03-25 14:35:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-04-02 21:18:07 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 120 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 298 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 0.846 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 60 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 us2000k96i Id of event.
Event Code 2000k96i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000k96i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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