A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Van in Turkey. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200080bw. Id of event: us200080bw. The epicenter was at a depth of 18.35 km (11 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/12/16 / 2016-12-12 22:42:11 / December 12, 2016 @ 10:42 pm. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:42:11 / 12:42 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 43.6062 East, latitude 38.458 North, depth = 18.35 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 20 km (12 miles) from Van (c. 371 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Erciş (c. 91 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Adilcevaz (c. 52 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Başkale (c. 14 500 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Gevaş (c. 11 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Özalp (c. 8 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Adilcevaz, Erciş, Başkale (min 5000 pop).
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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 19 km E of Van, Turkey.
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