A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Caldiran in Turkey. The temblor was detected at 19:03:44 / 7:03 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 44.2782 East, latitude 39.0179 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005gdv. Id of event: us70005gdv. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/09/19 / 2019-09-14 15:33:44 / September 14, 2019 @ 3:33 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (49 miles) from Khvoy (c. 175 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Erciş (c. 91 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Doğubayazıt (c. 70 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from (c. 31 900 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Diyadin (c. 18 200 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Özalp (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Erciş, Khvoy, Diyadin (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 34 km ESE of Caldiran, Turkey. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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