A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Pazarcık in Turkey. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 37.1007° East, 37.2795° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/09/24 / 2024-09-07 06:31:12 / September 7, 2024 @ 6:31 am. Unique identifier: us6000nq9a. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nq9a. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 06:31:12 / 6:31 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Elbistan, Nubl, Göksun. Nearby country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 35 km (22 miles) from Gaziantep (c. 1 066 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Kahramanmaraş (c. 376 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Osmaniye (c. 202 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Nizip (c. 82 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Kilis (c. 82 300 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Elbistan (c. 80 500 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Kadirli (c. 70 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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. 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: 28 km SW of Pazarcık, Turkey.
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