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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Karlıova in Turkey


Earthquake location 39.2709S, 41.1663WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Karlıova in Turkey on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 41.1663° East, 39.2709° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/08/24 / 2024-08-18 18:15:20 / August 18, 2024 @ 6:15 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000n7tp. Unique identifier: us7000n7tp. The temblor was reported at 18:15:20 / 6:15 pm (local time epicenter). 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 city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pasinler, Kulp, Tercan. Nearby country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (44 miles) from Erzurum (c. 420 700 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Muş (c. 82 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Bingöl (c. 80 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Hınıs (c. 35 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Kulp (c. 26 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Pasinler (c. 24 600 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 occurred nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 14 km E of Karlıova, Turkey.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 41.1663° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.2709° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km E of Karlıova, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-18 18:15:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-19 15:14:08 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 259 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 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.907 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 39 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 us7000n7tp Id of event.
Event Code 7000n7tp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n7tp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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