A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Doğanyol in Turkey. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/10/24 / 2024-10-14 21:05:51 / October 14, 2024 @ 9:05 pm. The temblor was picked up at 21:05:51 / 9:05 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000nypt. Event ids that are associated: us6000nypt. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 39.1839° East, latitude 38.3558° North, depth = 5 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yazıhan, Çelikhan, Tunceli. Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Malatya (c. 441 800 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Elazığ (c. 298 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Siverek (c. 175 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kâhta (c. 73 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Ergani (c. 52 700 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Tunceli (c. 29 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 14 km ENE of Doğanyol, Turkey.
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