A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Feke in Turkey. The epicenter was 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). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nn9i. Unique identifier: us6000nn9i. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 36.0303° East, 37.6625° North. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:33:13 / 2:33 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 07/08/24 / 2024-08-07 02:33:13 / August 7, 2024 @ 2:33 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Adana, Develi, Dörtyol (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Adana (c. 1 249 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kahramanmaraş (c. 376 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Osmaniye (c. 202 800 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Ceyhan (c. 96 300 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Kozan (c. 88 100 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Kadirli (c. 70 200 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Dörtyol (c. 56 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 19 km SSE of Feke, Turkey.
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