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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near İçmeler in Turkey


Earthquake location 36.6798S, 28.1896WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from İçmeler in Turkey. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 09/07/24 / 2024-07-09 09:11:51 / July 9, 2024 @ 9:11 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 80.005 km, 28.1896° East, 36.6798° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 80.005 km (50 miles). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:11:51 / 9:11 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mxzg. Id of event: us7000mxzg.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Turgutreis, Kos, Fethiye. Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Fethiye (c. 60 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Ródos (c. 56 100 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Muğla (c. 48 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Milas (c. 43 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Bodrum (c. 39 300 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Marmaris (c. 33 700 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Ortaca (c. 19 700 pop).

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

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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 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: 13 km SSW of İçmeler, Turkey.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 28.1896° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.6798° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 80.005 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km SSW of İçmeler, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-09 09:11:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-09 10:40:31 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 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 356 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 68 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.469 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 62 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 us7000mxzg Id of event.
Event Code 7000mxzg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mxzg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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