A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Tercan in Turkey. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/10/20 / 2020-10-28 09:16:15 / October 28, 2020 @ 9:16 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 40.3466° East, 39.8002° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 09:16:15 / 9:16 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000c6pg. Event ids that are associated: us7000c6pg. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was İspir, Kelkit, Erzurum. Close country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Erzurum (c. 420 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Erzincan (c. 114 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Cimin (c. 39 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Bayburt (c. 31 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Kelkit (c. 23 900 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Aşkale (c. 15 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km NW of Tercan, Turkey. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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