A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Şiran in Turkey. Event id: us7000ndgd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ndgd. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/09/24 / 2024-09-13 06:48:51 / September 13, 2024 @ 6:48 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:48:51 / 6:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 39.1507° East, 39.9189° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 35 km (21 miles) from Erzincan (c. 114 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Şebinkarahisar (c. 47 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Cimin (c. 39 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Gumushkhane (c. 32 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Kelkit (c. 23 900 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Şiran (c. 14 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hozat, İmranlı, Şebinkarahisar (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop).
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. 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 occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 30 km S of Şiran, Turkey.
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