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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Yedisu in Turkey


Earthquake location 39.4481S, 40.6782WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Yedisu in Turkey. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/06/20 / 2020-06-16 12:57:43 / June 16, 2020 @ 12:57 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 40.6782 East, latitude 39.4481 North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us6000actw. Event ids that are associated: us6000actw. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:57:43 / 12:57 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Erzurum (c. 420 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Bingöl (c. 80 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Cimin (c. 39 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Hınıs (c. 35 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Karakoçan (c. 29 700 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Genç (c. 22 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hınıs, Cimin, Genç (min 5000 pop).

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 six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 12 km E of Yedisu, Turkey. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 40.6782° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.4481° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12 km E of Yedisu, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-16 12:57:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-21 04:51:07 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 298 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 0.586 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 96 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 us6000actw Id of event.
Event Code 6000actw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000actw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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