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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Afyonkarahisar in Turkey

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Afyonkarahisar in Turkey. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:14:33 / 12:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 30.4701° East, 38.7707° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/10/24 / 2024-10-13 00:14:33 / October 13, 2024 @ 12:14 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us6000nycr. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nycr. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Kütahya (c. 185 000 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Afyonkarahisar (c. 146 100 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Bolvadin (c. 55 900 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Sandıklı (c. 43 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Yalvaç (c. 39 100 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Dinar (c. 35 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gönen, Gelendost, Çifteler (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 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: 6 km WNW of Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	30.4701° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.7707° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6 km WNW of Afyonkarahisar, Turkey	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-10-13 00:14:33	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-13 00:35:02	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	48	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.927	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.98 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	31	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	us6000nycr	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nycr	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nycr,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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