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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Kalkan in Turkey


Earthquake location 35.6757S, 29.1376WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Kalkan in Turkey on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, 29.1376° East, 35.6757° North, depth 55.475 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000npcb. Unique identifier: us7000npcb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:46:04 / 2:46 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.475 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/11/24 / 2024-11-01 14:46:04 / November 1, 2024 @ 2:46 pm.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kaş (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Kaş (c. 7 800 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

Questions or comments?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 69 km SSW of Kalkan, Turkey.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 29.1376° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.6757° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 55.475 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69 km SSW of Kalkan, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-01 14:46:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-02 13:36:45 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 259 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 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.673 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 117 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 us7000npcb Id of event.
Event Code 7000npcb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000npcb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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