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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Hafik in Turkey

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Hafik in Turkey. The temblor was reported at 08:29:57 / 8:29 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.306 km (5 miles). Event id: us6000nza6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nza6. Exact location of event, longitude 37.3384 East, latitude 39.6487 North, depth = 7.306 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/10/24 / 2024-10-17 08:29:57 / October 17, 2024 @ 8:29 am.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kuluncak, Kale, Almus (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 30 km (18 miles) from Sivas (c. 264 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Suşehri (c. 25 800 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Şarkışla (c. 23 800 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Divriği (c. 13 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Zara (c. 12 800 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Kangal (c. 11 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Aksu (c. 10 500 pop). 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 23 km S of Hafik, Turkey.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	37.3384° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	39.6487° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.306 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	23 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 08:29:57	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-17 08:47:11	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	312	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	78	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.944	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.62 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	44	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mwr	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000nza6	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nza6	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nza6,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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