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Strong earthquake, 6 mag strikes near Doğanyol in Turkey


Earthquake location 38.3086S, 38.8261WA earthquake magnitude 6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Doğanyol in Turkey. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 38.8261° East, 38.3086° North. The temblor was detected at 07:46:32 / 7:46 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nyzk. Unique identifier: us6000nyzk. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/10/24 / 2024-10-16 07:46:32 / October 16, 2024 @ 7:46 am UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gölbaşı, Kuluncak, Darende. Epicenter of the event was 45 km (28 miles) from Malatya (c. 441 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Elazığ (c. 298 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Adıyaman (c. 223 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Siverek (c. 175 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Kâhta (c. 73 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Ergani (c. 52 700 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Besni (c. 41 900 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Tunceli (c. 29 100 pop).

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 18 km W of Doğanyol, Turkey.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 38.8261° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.3086° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18 km W of Doğanyol, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-16 07:46:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-16 08:05:57 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 7.932 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level yellow 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 650 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 118 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.383 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 43 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000nyzk Id of event.
Event Code 6000nyzk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nyzk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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