Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Saray in Turkey

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Saray in Turkey. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us70007ska. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70007ska. Exact location of event, longitude 44.3471 East, latitude 38.3655 North, depth = 39.47 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.47 km (25 miles). The temblor was reported at 21:41:54 / 9:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/02/20 / 2020-02-18 19:41:54 / February 18, 2020 @ 7:41 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yüksekova, Van, . Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Van (c. 371 700 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Khvoy (c. 175 400 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Salmās (c. 81 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Yüksekova (c. 71 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from (c. 31 900 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Başkale (c. 14 500 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: 34 km SSE of Saray, Turkey.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	44.3471° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.3655° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	39.47 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	34km SSE of Saray, Turkey	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-02-18 19:41:54	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-02-19 17:15:15	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	271	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	1.014	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.9 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	57	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	us70007ska	Id of event.
Event Code	70007ska	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70007ska,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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