A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Orta in Turkey on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us70005g9r. Unique identifier: us70005g9r. Global time and date of event 14/09/19 / 2019-09-14 06:03:13 / September 14, 2019 @ 6:03 am UTC/GMT. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:03:13 / 8:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 33.0222 East, latitude 40.6824 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kastamonu, Daday, Ayaş (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Event epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Ankara (c. 3 517 200 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Çankaya (c. 792 200 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Batikent (c. 300 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Karabük (c. 97 500 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Khanjarah (c. 71 400 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Kastamonu (c. 70 400 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Çubuk (c. 62 600 pop).
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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km NW of Orta, Turkey. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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