A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Çelikhan in Turkey on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 02:52:14 / 2:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 38.2237° East, latitude 38.1437° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000nh9q. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nh9q. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/08/24 / 2024-08-01 02:52:14 / August 1, 2024 @ 2:52 am.
Nearby country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Çüngüş, Araban, Çağlayancerit. Epicenter of the event was 24 km (15 miles) from Malatya (c. 441 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Adıyaman (c. 223 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Elbistan (c. 80 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Kâhta (c. 73 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Besni (c. 41 900 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Gölbaşı (c. 28 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km N of Çelikhan, Turkey. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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