A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Cerkes in Turkey. Unique identifier: us70005g9p. Ids that are associated to the event: us70005g9p. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 32.99° East, 40.7155° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/09/19 / 2019-09-14 06:00:31 / September 14, 2019 @ 6:00 am. The temblor was picked up at 08:00:31 / 8:00 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Ankara (c. 3 517 200 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Çankaya (c. 792 200 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Batikent (c. 300 000 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Karabük (c. 97 500 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Khanjarah (c. 71 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Çubuk (c. 62 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tosya, Daday, Elmadağ (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 13 km SE of Cerkes, Turkey.
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