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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag has occurred near Mercin in Turkey


Earthquake location 36.5482S, 34.9309WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Mercin in Turkey on Thursday. Id of earthquake: us10002w89. Event ids that are associated: us10002w89. The temblor was reported at 01:00:53 / 1:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 34.9309° East, 36.5482° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/07/15 / 2015-07-29 22:00:53 / July 29, 2015 @ 10:00 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was İmamoğlu, Pozantı, Ceyhan (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 62 km (38 miles) from Adana (c. 1 249 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Mercin (c. 537 800 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Tarsus (c. 256 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Ceyhan (c. 96 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Silifke (c. 75 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Erdemli (c. 46 600 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from İmamoğlu (c. 31 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 39 km SE of Mercin, Turkey. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 34.9309° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.5482° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39km SE of Mercin, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-07-29 22:00:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-29 22:27:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 402 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 1.93 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.31 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 46 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 us10002w89 Id of event.
Event Code 10002w89 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10002w89, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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