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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 21 km S of Hafik, Turkey


Earthquake location 39.6641S, 37.358WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 37.358° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.6641° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21 km S of Hafik, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-17 08:39:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-17 12:40:44 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 298 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.943 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.42 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 70 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 us6000nza7 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nza7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nza7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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