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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag was detected near Eregli in Turkey


Earthquake location 42.2346S, 30.734WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 120 km NNW of Eregli, Turkey (75 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4.72 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us20007ebw. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007ebw. The temblor was reported at 10:18:32 / 10:18 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/10/16 / 2016-10-15 08:18:32 / October 15, 2016 @ 8:18 am. Exact location, longitude 30.734° East, latitude 42.2346° North, depth = 4.72 km.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 120 km NNW of Eregli, Turkey.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 30.734° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 42.2346° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.72 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 120km NNW of Eregli, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-10-15 08:18:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-15 08:42:06 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 120 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 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 433 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 1.796 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 39 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 us20007ebw Id of event.
Event Code 20007ebw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20007ebw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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