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Light earthquake: M4.8 quake has struck near Gazipaşa in Turkey


Earthquake location 35.9457S, 31.7278WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Gazipaşa in Turkey. Exact location of event, longitude 31.7278 East, latitude 35.9457 North, depth = 59.603 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 19:13:15 / 7:13 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59.603 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/11/24 / 2024-11-29 19:13:15 / November 29, 2024 @ 7:13 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us7000nv00. Event ids that are associated: us7000nv00.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Anamur, Eksere, Manavgat. Country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Alanya (c. 113 000 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Manavgat (c. 99 300 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Anamur (c. 57 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Mahmutlar (c. 24 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Gazipaşa (c. 18 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Avsallar (c. 12 800 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Side (c. 10 500 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 64 km SW of Gazipaşa, Turkey. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 31.7278° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.9457° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 59.603 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 64 km SW of Gazipaşa, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-29 19:13:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-29 19:31:44 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 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 355 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 128 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.636 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 23 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000nv00 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nv00 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nv00, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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