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


Earthquake location 40.7527S, 35.3549WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Merzifon in Turkey. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n0gc. Id of event: us6000n0gc. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 14:57:40 / 2:57 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/05/24 / 2024-05-23 14:57:40 / May 23, 2024 @ 2:57 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 35.3549° East, 40.7527° North.

Country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kadışehri, Uğurludağ, Taşova (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Çorum (c. 183 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Turhal (c. 110 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Amasya (c. 82 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Zile (c. 55 700 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Merzifon (c. 50 700 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Suluova (c. 47 600 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 16 km SW of Merzifon, Turkey.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 35.3549° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.7527° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16 km SW of Merzifon, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-23 14:57:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-23 15:46:41 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 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.958 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 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 us6000n0gc Id of event.
Event Code 6000n0gc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n0gc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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