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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Yenice in Turkey

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Yenice in Turkey on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us20007ghj. Unique identifier: us20007ghj. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:04:47 / 12:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 28.6703° East, latitude 39.795° North, depth = 8 km. 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: 24/10/16 / 2016-10-24 21:04:47 / October 24, 2016 @ 9:04 pm.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 57 km (35 miles) from Bursa (c. 1 412 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Balıkesir (c. 238 200 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Inegol (c. 134 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Bandırma (c. 107 600 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Mustafakemalpaşa (c. 101 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Gemlik (c. 71 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bandırma, Demirci, Simav (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 20 km W of Yenice, Turkey.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	28.6703° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	39.795° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	8 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	20km W of Yenice, Turkey	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-10-24 21:04:47	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-10-24 21:27:02	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	180	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		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	259	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	0.69 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	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us20007ghj	Id of event.
Event Code	20007ghj	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20007ghj,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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