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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Çukurca in Turkey

Posted by admin on March 11, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 37.263S, 44.0382WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Çukurca in Turkey. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/03/25 / 2025-03-11 18:03:21 / March 11, 2025 @ 6:03 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 44.0382 East, latitude 37.263 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:03:21 / 6:03 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000py6h. Event ids that are associated: us6000py6h.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Oshnavīyeh, Orūmīyeh, Başkale (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 97 km (60 miles) from Orūmīyeh (c. 577 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Hakkari (c. 77 700 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Yüksekova (c. 71 700 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Oshnavīyeh (c. 50 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from ‘Aqrah (c. 23 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Ruwāndiz (c. 22 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Şemdinli (c. 19 000 pop).

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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 37 km E of Çukurca, Turkey. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 44.0382° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.263° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37 km E of Çukurca, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-11 18:03:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-11 18:57:07 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 326 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 93 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.94 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 37 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 us6000py6h Id of event.
Event Code 6000py6h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000py6h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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