A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Bigadic in Turkey. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006pvc. Id of event: us60006pvc. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 27.9456 East, latitude 39.4281 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 22:14:03 / 10:14 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 10/12/19 / 2019-12-10 20:14:03 / December 10, 2019 @ 8:14 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dikili, Simav, Karacabey (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Balıkesir (c. 238 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Mustafakemalpaşa (c. 101 400 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Akhisar (c. 84 700 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Soma (c. 65 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Bergama (c. 57 200 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Karacabey (c. 44 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Edremit (c. 40 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 16 km WNW of Bigadic, Turkey.
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