A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Aksaray in Turkey. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000c0d6. Unique identifier: us6000c0d6. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/09/20 / 2020-09-24 01:01:26 / September 24, 2020 @ 1:01 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 34.0872 East, latitude 38.1221 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:01:26 / 1:01 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was İnönü, Avanos, Urgub. Close country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 28 km (18 miles) from Aksaray (c. 152 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Ereğli (c. 92 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Niğde (c. 91 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Nevşehir (c. 75 500 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Karapınar (c. 49 500 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Bor (c. 32 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km S of Aksaray, Turkey. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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