Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Van in Turkey

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Van in Turkey on Friday. Unique identifier: us7000myyq. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000myyq. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 43.2492 East, latitude 38.6407 North, depth = 7.329 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.329 km (5 miles). The temblor was reported at 20:19:46 / 8:19 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 12/07/24 / 2024-07-12 20:19:46 / July 12, 2024 @ 8:19 pm UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 20 km (13 miles) from Van (c. 371 700 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Erciş (c. 91 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Patnos (c. 87 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Tatvan (c. 73 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Ahlat (c. 64 700 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Adilcevaz (c. 52 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tatvan, Hizan, Malazgirt (min 5000 pop).

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 one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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 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 NW of Van, Turkey.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	43.2492° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.6407° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.329 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	19 km NW of Van, Turkey	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-07-12 20:19:46	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-13 21:10:40	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	130	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	0.81 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	46	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	us7000myyq	Id of event.
Event Code	7000myyq	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000myyq,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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