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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Kağızman in Turkey

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Kağızman in Turkey on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000p7cs. Id of event: us6000p7cs. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/11/24 / 2024-11-24 01:48:01 / November 24, 2024 @ 1:48 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:48:01 / 1:48 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 42.9845° East, 40.1477° North, depth 10 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Diyadin, Armavir, Hoktember (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 48 km (30 miles) from Ağrı (c. 92 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Kars (c. 77 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Armavir (c. 26 000 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Kağızman (c. 25 200 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Sarıkamış (c. 23 700 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Eleşkirt (c. 18 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Armenia (c. 2 968 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 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 one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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: 12 km W of Kağızman, Turkey.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	42.9845° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.1477° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12 km W of Kağızman, Turkey	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-11-24 01:48:01	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-24 02:28:22	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	271	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	23	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.991	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.06 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	75	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	us6000p7cs	Id of event.
Event Code	6000p7cs	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000p7cs,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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