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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Mersin in Turkey

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Mersin in Turkey. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 34.5417 East, latitude 36.8621 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/06/24 / 2024-06-26 20:37:14 / June 26, 2024 @ 8:37 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us6000n8hv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n8hv. The temblor was picked up at 20:37:14 / 8:37 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Adana (c. 1 249 000 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Mercin (c. 537 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Tarsus (c. 256 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Ereğli (c. 92 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Silifke (c. 75 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Erdemli (c. 46 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was İnönü, Ereğli, Karataş (min 5000 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 has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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 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: 10 km WNW of Mersin, Turkey.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	34.5417° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.8621° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10 km WNW of Mersin, Turkey	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-06-26 20:37:14	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-26 21:11:17	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2	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	285	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	44	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.978	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.76 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	us6000n8hv	Id of event.
Event Code	6000n8hv	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000n8hv,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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