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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 12 km W of Kuluncak, Turkey


Earthquake location 38.8636S, 37.5175WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Kuluncak in Turkey. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:17:01 / 11:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 37.5175° East, 38.8636° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000nysx. Event ids that are associated: us6000nysx. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/10/24 / 2024-10-15 11:17:01 / October 15, 2024 @ 11:17 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Doğanşehir, Malatya, Yeşilyurt (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Malatya (c. 441 800 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Elbistan (c. 80 500 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Afşin (c. 39 600 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Darende (c. 20 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Doğanşehir (c. 14 800 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Akçadağ (c. 14 800 pop). 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km W of Kuluncak, Turkey. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 37.5175° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.8636° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12 km W of Kuluncak, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-15 11:17:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-16 07:27:17 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 271 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.293 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.54 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 53 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 us6000nysx Id of event.
Event Code 6000nysx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nysx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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