A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Yayladere in Turkey. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 17:46:36 / 5:46 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us70005b6p. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005b6p. Global time and date of event 02/09/19 / 2019-09-02 15:46:36 / September 2, 2019 @ 3:46 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 40.1384° East, 39.2348° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Erzincan (c. 114 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Bingöl (c. 80 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Cimin (c. 39 600 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Karakoçan (c. 29 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Tunceli (c. 29 100 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Kovancılar (c. 23 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aşkale, Solhan, Pertek (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 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 struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 6 km E of Yayladere, Turkey.
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