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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Çelikhan in Turkey


Earthquake location 38.1437S, 38.2237WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 38.2237° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.1437° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km N 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 2024-08-01 02:52:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-01 03:07:27 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 67 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.846 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 54 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 us6000nh9q Id of event.
Event Code 6000nh9q An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nh9q, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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