A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Gölmarmara in Turkey. The temblor was picked up at 07:21:12 / 7:21 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 26/06/20 / 2020-06-26 07:21:12 / June 26, 2020 @ 7:21 am UTC/GMT. 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). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000abxv. Unique identifier: us7000abxv. Exact location, longitude 27.8046° East, latitude 38.7968° North, depth = 10 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Seferihisar, Köşk, Simav (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from İzmir (c. 2 500 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Karabağlar (c. 458 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Manisa (c. 244 000 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Balıkesir (c. 238 200 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Aydın (c. 163 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Turgutlu (c. 103 300 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Salihli (c. 88 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 13 km NW of Gölmarmara, Turkey.
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