A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Tuzlukçu in Turkey on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000di2c. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000di2c. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 31.6136 East, latitude 38.6436 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 15:53:57 / 3:53 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/02/21 / 2021-02-09 15:53:57 / February 9, 2021 @ 3:53 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Çifteler, Şuhut, Afyonkarahisar. Epicenter of the event was 94 km (58 miles) from Afyonkarahisar (c. 146 100 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Akşehir (c. 64 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Bolvadin (c. 55 900 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Yalvaç (c. 39 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Çay (c. 34 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Şarkîkaraağaç (c. 32 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Ilgın (c. 27 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, 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 in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 18 km N of Tuzlukçu, Turkey.
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