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Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 14 km E of Hizan, Turkey


Earthquake location 38.2304S, 42.5891WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Hizan in Turkey on Wednesday. Unique identifier: us7000ng4v. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000ng4v. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/09/24 / 2024-09-25 11:50:04 / September 25, 2024 @ 11:50 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 42.5891° East, 38.2304° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 11:50:04 / 11:50 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kozluk, Uludere, Korkut (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Van (c. 371 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Siirt (c. 114 000 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Tatvan (c. 73 200 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Ahlat (c. 64 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Adilcevaz (c. 52 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Şırnak (c. 52 700 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Bitlis (c. 46 100 pop).

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 was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 14 km E of Hizan, Turkey.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 42.5891° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.2304° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km E of Hizan, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-25 11:50:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-25 12:13:32 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 326 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 85 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.378 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 86 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 us7000ng4v Id of event.
Event Code 7000ng4v An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ng4v, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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