A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Finike in Turkey. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:27:31 / 12:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 30.1412° East, latitude 36.2273° North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003ksq. Unique identifier: us10003ksq. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/10/15 / 2015-10-06 21:27:31 / October 6, 2015 @ 9:27 pm.
Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Antalya (c. 758 200 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Belek (c. 73 300 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Fethiye (c. 60 400 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Beykonak (c. 30 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Korkuteli (c. 20 500 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Tekirova (c. 20 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Kemer (c. 17 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Belek, Fethiye, Korkuteli. Nearby country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km S of Finike, Turkey. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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