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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Uzunbağ in Turkey


Earthquake location 36.0139S, 35.9272WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Uzunbağ in Turkey on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pj44. Unique identifier: us6000pj44. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/01/25 / 2025-01-10 04:08:52 / January 10, 2025 @ 4:08 am. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:08:52 / 4:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 35.9272° East, 36.0139° North.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Syria (c. 22 198 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khān Shaykhūn, Yumurtalık, Sarāqib. Event epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Latakia (c. 340 200 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Antakya (c. 210 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from İskenderun (c. 160 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Idlib (c. 128 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Jablah (c. 65 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Kırıkhan (c. 60 900 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: 17 km SW of Uzunbağ, Turkey. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 35.9272° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.0139° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17 km SW of Uzunbağ, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-10 04:08:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-10 04:22:39 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 259 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 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.005 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 97 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 us6000pj44 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pj44 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pj44, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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