A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Ortaca in Turkey on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 21:35:53 / 9:35 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.08 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 28.7932 East, latitude 37.1118 North, depth = 1.08 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/07/15 / 2015-07-25 18:35:53 / July 25, 2015 @ 6:35 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000303q. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000303q. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tefenni, Çine, Honaz (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Denizli (c. 313 200 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Fethiye (c. 60 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Muğla (c. 48 200 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Marmaris (c. 33 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Çine (c. 21 300 pop), 31 km (20 miles) from Ortaca (c. 19 700 pop).
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 two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 31 km N of Ortaca, Turkey.
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