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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Sulusaray in Turkey

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Earthquake location 40.0485S, 35.9644WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Sulusaray in Turkey on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000mcsk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mcsk. The temblor was detected at 23:35:46 / 11:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 35.9644 East, latitude 40.0485 North, depth = 4.48 km. Global time and date of event 17/04/24 / 2024-04-17 23:35:46 / April 17, 2024 @ 11:35 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.48 km (3 miles).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Tokat (c. 129 700 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Turhal (c. 110 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Amasya (c. 82 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Sorgun (c. 62 900 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Zile (c. 55 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Erbaa (c. 52 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Suluova, Almus, Çayıralan (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 11 km WNW of Sulusaray, Turkey.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 35.9644° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.0485° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.48 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 km WNW 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 2024-04-17 23:35:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-14 02:48:01 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 259 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 46 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.48 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 47 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 us7000mcsk Id of event.
Event Code 7000mcsk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mcsk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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