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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Çelikhan in Turkey


Earthquake location 38.0655S, 38.3474WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Çelikhan in Turkey on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/09/24 / 2024-09-18 00:22:24 / September 18, 2024 @ 12:22 am. Exact location of event, longitude 38.3474 East, latitude 38.0655 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nstl. Unique identifier: us6000nstl. The temblor was detected at 00:22:24 / 12:22 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred 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).

Epicenter of the event was 32 km (20 miles) from Malatya (c. 441 800 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Adıyaman (c. 223 700 pop), 39 km (25 miles) from Kâhta (c. 73 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Besni (c. 41 900 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Gölbaşı (c. 28 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Bozova (c. 21 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hekimhan, Darende, Keban (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 10 km ENE of Çelikhan, Turkey. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 38.3474° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.0655° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10 km ENE of Çelikhan, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-18 00:22:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-18 01:04:06 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 53 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.728 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 37 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 us6000nstl Id of event.
Event Code 6000nstl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nstl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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