A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Karapınar in Turkey. The earthquake was roughly 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). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:57:19 / 5:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 33.2863 East, latitude 37.9049 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nwgc. Unique identifier: us6000nwgc. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/10/24 / 2024-10-04 05:57:19 / October 4, 2024 @ 5:57 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cihanbeyli, Sarayönü, Aksaray (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Konya (c. 875 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Aksaray (c. 152 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Karaman (c. 120 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Ereğli (c. 92 100 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Karapınar (c. 49 500 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Çumra (c. 45 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Cihanbeyli (c. 13 800 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 31 km NW of Karapınar, Turkey.
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