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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Bayburt in Turkey


Earthquake location 40.2408S, 40.2274WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Bayburt in Turkey on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 14:40:27 / 2:40 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 22/11/20 / 2020-11-22 14:40:27 / November 22, 2020 @ 2:40 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 40.2274° East, 40.2408° North, depth 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000csja. Unique identifier: us6000csja. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Epicenter of the event was 97 km (60 miles) from Erzurum (c. 420 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Trabzon (c. 244 100 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Erzincan (c. 114 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Rize (c. 92 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Cimin (c. 39 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Gumushkhane (c. 32 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Of (c. 32 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Düzköy, Erzurum, Trabzon (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop).

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 three and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 1 km SSE of Bayburt, Turkey.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 40.2274° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.2408° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 1 km SSE of Bayburt, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-11-22 14:40:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-29 22:22:20 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 326 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 0.303 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.54 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 61 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 us6000csja Id of event.
Event Code 6000csja An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000csja, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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