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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Akhisar in Turkey

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Akhisar in Turkey on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 00:36:33 / 12:36 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 27.8763° East, 39.0003° North, depth 10 km. Event id: us7000nczt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nczt. Global time and date of event 11/09/24 / 2024-09-11 00:36:33 / September 11, 2024 @ 12:36 am UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was İzmir, Dursunbey, Alaşehir. Event epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from İzmir (c. 2 500 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Manisa (c. 244 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Balıkesir (c. 238 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Turgutlu (c. 103 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Salihli (c. 88 900 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Akhisar (c. 84 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 9 km NNE of Akhisar, Turkey.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	27.8763° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	39.0003° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9 km NNE of Akhisar, Turkey	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-09-11 00:36:33	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-11 00:52:44	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	271	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	41	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.76	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.26 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	36	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	us7000nczt	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nczt	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nczt,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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