A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Sincik in Turkey. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 38.5693° East, latitude 38.0834° North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us7000mcit. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mcit. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/04/24 / 2024-04-16 21:09:50 / April 16, 2024 @ 9:09 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:09:50 / 9:09 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 37 km (23 miles) from Malatya (c. 441 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Elazığ (c. 298 000 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Adıyaman (c. 223 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Siverek (c. 175 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Kâhta (c. 73 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Besni (c. 41 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gölbaşı, Elazığ, Keban.
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 nearby. 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 6 km NW of Sincik, Turkey.
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