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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Sulusaray in Turkey


Earthquake location 40.0317S, 36.0534WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Sulusaray in Turkey. Id of earthquake: us7000mczs. Event ids that are associated: us7000mczs. 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 5.391 km (3 miles). The temblor was picked up at 19:31:44 / 7:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 5.391 km, 36.0534° East, 40.0317° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/04/24 / 2024-04-18 19:31:44 / April 18, 2024 @ 7:31 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Çayıralan, Sivas, Taşova (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Sivas (c. 264 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Tokat (c. 129 700 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Turhal (c. 110 900 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Amasya (c. 82 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Sorgun (c. 62 900 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Zile (c. 55 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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.

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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. 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: 4 km NNW of Sulusaray, Turkey.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 36.0534° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.0317° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.391 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km NNW 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 19:31:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-02 14:28:26 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 91 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.437 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 31 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000mczs Id of event.
Event Code 7000mczs An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mczs, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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