A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Akyurt in Turkey on Thursday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 33.2512° East, 40.1584° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 05:54:13 / 5:54 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 23/01/20 / 2020-01-23 03:54:13 / January 23, 2020 @ 3:54 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us60007dgd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007dgd.
Close country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Ankara (c. 3 517 200 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Çankaya (c. 792 200 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Batikent (c. 300 000 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Kırıkkale (c. 211 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Khanjarah (c. 71 400 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Çubuk (c. 62 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ilgaz, Güdül, Yapraklı (min 5000 pop).
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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 14 km E of Akyurt, Turkey.
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