A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Behram in Turkey. The temblor was detected at 23:35:01 / 11:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 26.1704° East, latitude 39.5186° North, depth = 17.17 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 17.17 km (11 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20008ibx. Id of event: us20008ibx. 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: 07/02/17 / 2017-02-07 21:35:01 / February 7, 2017 @ 9:35 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Çanakkale (c. 87 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Edremit (c. 40 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Burhaniye (c. 38 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Ayvalık (c. 35 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Mytilíni (c. 28 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Ezine (c. 15 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Havran, Dikili, Gökçeada (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every 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.
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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: 14 km WNW of Behram, Turkey.
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