A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Yedisu in Turkey on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/02/25 / 2025-02-15 23:24:48 / February 15, 2025 @ 11:24 pm. Exact location, longitude 40.7541° East, latitude 39.3598° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pe15. Id of event: us7000pe15. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:24:48 / 11:24 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kulp, Cimin, Muş. Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Erzurum (c. 420 700 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Muş (c. 82 500 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Bingöl (c. 80 600 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Cimin (c. 39 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Hınıs (c. 35 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Karakoçan (c. 29 700 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Kulp (c. 26 600 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 20 km ESE of Yedisu, Turkey.
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