A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Pasinler in Turkey. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 41.8817° East, latitude 39.8848° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 01:30:04 / 1:30 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/01/25 / 2025-01-08 01:30:04 / January 8, 2025 @ 1:30 am. Unique identifier: us6000pii1. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pii1.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bulanık, Varto, Uzundere (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Erzurum (c. 420 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Hınıs (c. 35 500 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Bulanık (c. 31 400 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Pasinler (c. 24 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Sarıkamış (c. 23 700 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Oltu (c. 23 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Karaçoban (c. 20 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 20 km ESE of Pasinler, Turkey. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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