A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Doganyol in Turkey on Friday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:42:13 / 10:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 39.1155 East, latitude 38.3563 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us60007f1p. Ids that are associated to the event: us60007f1p. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/01/20 / 2020-01-24 20:42:13 / January 24, 2020 @ 8:42 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 70 km (43 miles) from Malatya (c. 441 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Elazığ (c. 298 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Siverek (c. 175 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kâhta (c. 73 100 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Ergani (c. 52 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Tunceli (c. 29 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arapgir, Arıcak, Tunceli.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km NE of Doganyol, Turkey. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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