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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Derebucak in Turkey


Earthquake location 37.4165S, 31.4506WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Derebucak in Turkey on Sunday. Id of earthquake: us70007uxg. Event ids that are associated: us70007uxg. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 31.4506° East, 37.4165° North, depth 10.72 km. The temblor was detected at 00:26:41 / 12:26 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 22/02/20 / 2020-02-22 22:26:41 / February 22, 2020 @ 10:26 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.72 km (7 miles).

Country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Payallar, Türkler, Atabey (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 88 km (54 miles) from Antalya (c. 758 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Isparta (c. 172 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Manavgat (c. 99 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Belek (c. 73 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Seydişehir (c. 51 100 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Beyşehir (c. 44 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Serik (c. 36 900 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 5 km WNW of Derebucak, Turkey.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 31.4506° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.4165° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.72 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5km WNW of Derebucak, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-02-22 22:26:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-22 22:41:56 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 120 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 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 341 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 0.86 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 38 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 us70007uxg Id of event.
Event Code 70007uxg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70007uxg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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