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Minor earthquake: M3.9 quake strikes near Bodrum in Turkey


Earthquake location 36.9168S, 27.607WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (mg/mb) has occurred on Friday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Bodrum in Turkey. The temblor was reported at 11:02:51 / 11:02 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 1.5 km (1 miles). Global time of event 29/05/15 / 2015-05-29 08:02:51 / May 29, 2015 @ 8:02 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 27.607 East, latitude 36.9168 North, depth 1.5 km, unique identifier, us20002n8e. Ids that are associated to the event, ,us20002n8e,.

Close countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Ródos (c. 56 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Muğla (c. 48 200 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Milas (c. 43 200 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Bodrum (c. 39 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Marmaris (c. 33 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Didim (c. 26 000 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Çine, Afántou, Faliraki.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 27.607° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.9168° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20km SE of Bodrum, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-05-29 08:02:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-06-26 12:16:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 234 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 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 us20002n8e Id of event.
Event Code 20002n8e An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002n8e, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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