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Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Sincik in Turkey


Earthquake location 38.2086S, 38.5589WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Sincik in Turkey on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 08/07/20 / 2020-07-08 22:39:27 / July 8, 2020 @ 10:39 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 38.5589 East, latitude 38.2086 North, depth = 8.71 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000akgr. Id of event: us7000akgr. The temblor was detected at 22:39:27 / 10:39 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.71 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 26 km (16 miles) from Malatya (c. 441 800 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Elazığ (c. 298 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Adıyaman (c. 223 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Siverek (c. 175 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Kâhta (c. 73 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Besni (c. 41 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hekimhan, Besni, Siverek.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 19 km NNW of Sincik, Turkey.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 38.5589° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.2086° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.71 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19 km NNW of Sincik, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-08 22:39:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-08 23:04:02 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 246 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 0.9 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 88 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 us7000akgr Id of event.
Event Code 7000akgr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000akgr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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