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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Gazipaşa in Turkey


Earthquake location 35.9112S, 31.6536WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Gazipaşa in Turkey on Wednesday. Unique identifier: us7000nvuc. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nvuc. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/12/24 / 2024-12-04 09:09:09 / December 4, 2024 @ 9:09 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 31.6536 East, latitude 35.9112 North, depth = 46.593 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:09:09 / 9:09 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.593 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Alanya (c. 113 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Mahmutlar (c. 24 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Gazipaşa (c. 18 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Avsallar (c. 12 800 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Side (c. 10 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Türkler (c. 7 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Payallar (c. 5 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Side, Avsallar, Payallar (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 71 km SW of Gazipaşa, Turkey.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 31.6536° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.9112° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 46.593 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 71 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 2024-12-04 09:09:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-04 09:23:10 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 3.1 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 326 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 55 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.638 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 76 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 us7000nvuc Id of event.
Event Code 7000nvuc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nvuc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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