A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Dalyan in Turkey on Thursday. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:09:47 / 12:09 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 28.5836° East, latitude 36.9622° North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us700097h4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700097h4. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/04/20 / 2020-04-30 10:09:47 / April 30, 2020 @ 10:09 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bodrum, Yenipazar, Denizli (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 101 km (63 miles) from Denizli (c. 313 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Fethiye (c. 60 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Ródos (c. 56 100 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Muğla (c. 48 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Milas (c. 43 200 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Bodrum (c. 39 300 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Marmaris (c. 33 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 15 km NNW of Dalyan, Turkey.
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