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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Doganyol in Turkey


Earthquake location 38.4481S, 39.0947WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Doganyol in Turkey. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/01/20 / 2020-01-24 20:45:07 / January 24, 2020 @ 8:45 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:45:07 / 10:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 39.0947 East, latitude 38.4481 North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us60007f1t. Event ids that are associated: us60007f1t.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arıcak, Çelikhan, Dicle. Close country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Malatya (c. 441 800 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Elazığ (c. 298 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Siverek (c. 175 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Kâhta (c. 73 100 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Ergani (c. 52 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Tunceli (c. 29 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Kovancılar (c. 23 000 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 nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km NNE of Doganyol, Turkey. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 39.0947° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.4481° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15km NNE of Doganyol, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-01-24 20:45:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-25 00:59:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 120 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 312 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.875 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.13 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 135 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us60007f1t Id of event.
Event Code 60007f1t An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60007f1t, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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