A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Sincik in Turkey. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/01/20 / 2020-01-26 02:22:48 / January 26, 2020 @ 2:22 am. 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. Exact location, longitude 38.8012° East, latitude 38.1946° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 04:22:48 / 4:22 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us60007g50. Ids that are associated to the event: us60007g50.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tut, Pertek, Ergani (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from Malatya (c. 441 800 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Elazığ (c. 298 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Adıyaman (c. 223 700 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Siverek (c. 175 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Kâhta (c. 73 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Ergani (c. 52 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km NE of Sincik, Turkey. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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