A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Tekirova in Turkey. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 31.1182 East, latitude 36.0998 North, depth = 70.1 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 15/03/20 / 2020-03-15 17:27:09 / March 15, 2020 @ 5:27 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 19:27:09 / 7:27 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 70.1 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us60008g49. Event ids that are associated: us60008g49.
Close country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Alanya (c. 113 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Manavgat (c. 99 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Belek (c. 73 300 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Serik (c. 36 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Beykonak (c. 30 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Tekirova (c. 20 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alanya, Turunçova, Serik (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 69 km SE of Tekirova, Turkey. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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