A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Hafik in Turkey. Exact location, longitude 37.358° East, latitude 39.6641° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 08:39:08 / 8:39 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000nza7. Event ids that are associated: us6000nza7. Global time and date of event 17/10/24 / 2024-10-17 08:39:08 / October 17, 2024 @ 8:39 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 31 km (19 miles) from Sivas (c. 264 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Suşehri (c. 25 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Şarkışla (c. 23 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Divriği (c. 13 100 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Zara (c. 12 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Kangal (c. 11 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kuluncak, Kale, Şarkışla (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. 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: 21 km S of Hafik, Turkey.
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