Light earthquake, 4 mag strikes near Çelikhan in Turkey

A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Çelikhan in Turkey. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:47:50 / 10:47 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000mqp1. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mqp1. Exact location, longitude 38.3129° East, latitude 38.0238° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/06/24 / 2024-06-06 10:47:50 / June 6, 2024 @ 10:47 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Çüngüş, Araban, Nurhak (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 36 km (23 miles) from Malatya (c. 441 800 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Adıyaman (c. 223 700 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Kâhta (c. 73 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Besni (c. 41 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Gölbaşı (c. 28 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Bozova (c. 21 500 pop). Close country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four 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.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 6 km E of Çelikhan, Turkey.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	38.3129° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.0238° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6 km E of Çelikhan, Turkey	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-06-06 10:47:50	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-01 08:00:21	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	55	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.708	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.82 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	34	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mwr	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000mqp1	Id of event.
Event Code	7000mqp1	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000mqp1,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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