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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 20 km SSW of Hafik, Turkey


Earthquake location 39.6745S, 37.3269WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Hafik in Turkey. Exact location of event, longitude 37.3269 East, latitude 39.6745 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/02/21 / 2021-02-22 22:42:32 / February 22, 2021 @ 10:42 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000dk92. Unique identifier: us6000dk92. The temblor was reported at 22:42:32 / 10:42 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Sivas (c. 264 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Suşehri (c. 25 800 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Şarkışla (c. 23 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Divriği (c. 13 100 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Zara (c. 12 800 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Kangal (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kuluncak, Kale, Şarkışla. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop).

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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 20 km SSW of Hafik, Turkey.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 37.3269° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.6745° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20 km SSW of Hafik, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-02-22 22:42:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-22 23:16:04 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 271 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 0.919 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 60 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 us6000dk92 Id of event.
Event Code 6000dk92 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000dk92, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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