A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Akhisar in Turkey on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/01/20 / 2020-01-25 17:49:48 / January 25, 2020 @ 5:49 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007ftc. Id of event: us60007ftc. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 19:49:48 / 7:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 27.849° East, 39.049° North.
Country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dursunbey, Kula, Havran (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Manisa (c. 244 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Balıkesir (c. 238 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Turgutlu (c. 103 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Salihli (c. 88 900 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Akhisar (c. 84 700 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Soma (c. 65 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight 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: 14 km N of Akhisar, Turkey.
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