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Light earthquake 4 mag, 18 km E of Altınyayla, Turkey


Earthquake location 36.9915S, 29.7587WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Altınyayla in Turkey on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.598 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 29.7587 East, latitude 36.9915 North, depth = 8.598 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/04/24 / 2024-04-28 21:33:29 / April 28, 2024 @ 9:33 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mur1. Unique identifier: us6000mur1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:33:29 / 9:33 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ortaca, Dalaman, Tavas. Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Antalya (c. 758 200 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Fethiye (c. 60 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Beykonak (c. 30 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Korkuteli (c. 20 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Tekirova (c. 20 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Ortaca (c. 19 700 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 18 km E of Altınyayla, Turkey.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 29.7587° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.9915° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.598 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18 km E of Altınyayla, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-28 21:33:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-04-28 22:20:31 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 246 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 29 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.271 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 58 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 us6000mur1 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mur1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mur1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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