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Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag was detected near Sulusaray in Turkey

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A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Sulusaray in Turkey. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 16 km (10 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 35.96° East, 39.9872° North, depth 16 km. Event id: us7000mcxc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mcxc. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/04/24 / 2024-04-18 15:11:25 / April 18, 2024 @ 3:11 pm UTC/GMT. The 5.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:11:25 / 3:11 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 94 km (58 miles) from Sivas (c. 264 000 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Çorum (c. 183 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Tokat (c. 129 700 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Turhal (c. 110 900 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Yozgat (c. 87 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Amasya (c. 82 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Sorgun (c. 62 900 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Zile (c. 55 700 pop). Close country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Havza, Niksar, Merzifon.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 10 km W of Sulusaray, Turkey. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	35.96° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	39.9872° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	16 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10 km W of Sulusaray, Turkey	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-04-18 15:11:25	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-11 21:06:28	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	11	The total number of felt reports
CDI	6.5	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	6.562	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	green	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	490	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	72	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.137	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.61 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	57	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000mcxc	Id of event.
Event Code	7000mcxc	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000mcxc,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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