A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Tekirova in Turkey. The temblor was detected at 12:34:51 / 12:34 pm (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 31.1277 East, latitude 36.1973 North, depth = 59.52 km. Id of earthquake: us20008hrv. Event ids that are associated: us20008hrv. Global time and date of event 05/02/17 / 2017-02-05 10:34:51 / February 5, 2017 @ 10:34 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 59.52 km (37 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mahmutlar, Turunçova, Finike. Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Antalya (c. 758 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Alanya (c. 113 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Manavgat (c. 99 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Belek (c. 73 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Serik (c. 36 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Beykonak (c. 30 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop).
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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 63 km ESE of Tekirova, Turkey. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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