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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 11 km WNW of Göksun, Turkey


Earthquake location 38.047S, 36.376WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Göksun in Turkey on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us7000mr9v. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mr9v. The temblor was detected at 03:32:00 / 3:32 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/06/24 / 2024-06-09 03:32:00 / June 9, 2024 @ 3:32 am. Exact location of earthquake, 36.376° East, 38.047° North, depth 10 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nurhak, Yahyalı, Çağlayancerit (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Kahramanmaraş (c. 376 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Kozan (c. 88 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Elbistan (c. 80 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kadirli (c. 70 200 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Afşin (c. 39 600 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Develi (c. 35 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each 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.

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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 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: 11 km WNW of Göksun, Turkey.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 36.376° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.047° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 km WNW of Göksun, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-09 03:32:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-09 03:56:51 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 284 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 36 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.361 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 79 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 us7000mr9v Id of event.
Event Code 7000mr9v An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mr9v, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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