A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Sulusaray in Turkey. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4.957 km (3 miles). Unique identifier: us7000mczh. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mczh. Exact location of event, depth 4.957 km, 36.0776° East, 40.022° North. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:43:29 / 6:43 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/04/24 / 2024-04-18 18:43:29 / April 18, 2024 @ 6:43 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gemerek, Çayıralan, Mecitözü (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Sivas (c. 264 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Tokat (c. 129 700 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Turhal (c. 110 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Amasya (c. 82 900 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Sorgun (c. 62 900 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Zile (c. 55 700 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 3 km N of Sulusaray, Turkey. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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