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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Alanya in Turkey

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Alanya in Turkey on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/01/25 / 2025-01-03 13:51:05 / January 3, 2025 @ 1:51 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.544 km (20 miles). The temblor was detected at 13:51:05 / 1:51 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 31.9083° East, latitude 36.4876° North, depth = 31.544 km. Event id: us6000phj9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000phj9.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 10 km (6 miles) from Alanya (c. 113 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Manavgat (c. 99 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Belek (c. 73 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Anamur (c. 57 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Serik (c. 36 900 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Mahmutlar (c. 24 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hadim (c. 20 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Anamur, Yalıhüyük, Ermenek (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 10 km SW of Alanya, Turkey.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	31.9083° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.4876° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	31.544 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10 km SW of Alanya, Turkey	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-03 13:51:05	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-03 16:44:27	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	4.3	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	74	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.63	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.51 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	55	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	us6000phj9	Id of event.
Event Code	6000phj9	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000phj9,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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