A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Akçadağ in Turkey. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 37.7682° East, 38.2564° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us7000msu9. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000msu9. The temblor was detected at 17:24:52 / 5:24 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/06/24 / 2024-06-16 17:24:52 / June 16, 2024 @ 5:24 pm UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Malatya (c. 441 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Adıyaman (c. 223 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Elbistan (c. 80 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Kâhta (c. 73 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Besni (c. 41 900 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Afşin (c. 39 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Araban, Kâhta, Kale (min 5000 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 19 km WSW of Akçadağ, Turkey.
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