Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Kaş in Turkey

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 142 km SSW of Kaş, Turkey (88 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pxql. Id of event: us6000pxql. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/03/25 / 2025-03-09 01:35:57 / March 9, 2025 @ 1:35 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 43.834 km (27 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 29.1322° East, 34.9872° North, depth 43.834 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:35:57 / 1:35 am (local time epicenter).

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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.

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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. 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: 142 km SSW of Kaş, Turkey.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	29.1322° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.9872° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	43.834 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	142 km SSW of Kaş, Turkey	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-03-09 01:35:57	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-09 01:58:03	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	284	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	56	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.301	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.96 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	59	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	us6000pxql	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pxql	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pxql,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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