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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Sincik in Turkey

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Sincik in Turkey. Exact location, longitude 38.6732° East, latitude 38.1786° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 17/09/24 / 2024-09-17 22:38:42 / September 17, 2024 @ 10:38 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000nstd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nstd. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 22:38:42 / 10:38 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Malatya (c. 441 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Elazığ (c. 298 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Adıyaman (c. 223 700 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Siverek (c. 175 300 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Kâhta (c. 73 100 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Besni (c. 41 900 pop). Close country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bozova, Besni, Tut.

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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 16 km NNE of Sincik, Turkey.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	38.6732° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.1786° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	16 km NNE of Sincik, Turkey	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-09-17 22:38:42	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-17 22:59:38	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	298	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	86	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.536	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.27 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	44	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	us6000nstd	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nstd	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nstd,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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