A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Golmarmara in Turkey. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 27.8415 East, latitude 38.7515 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/05/17 / 2017-05-27 15:53:24 / May 27, 2017 @ 3:53 pm. Id of earthquake: us10008vt5. Event ids that are associated: us10008vt5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:53:24 / 5:53 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from İzmir (c. 2 500 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Karabağlar (c. 458 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Manisa (c. 244 000 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Balıkesir (c. 238 200 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Aydın (c. 163 000 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Nazilli (c. 119 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Turgutlu (c. 103 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acarlar, Özdere, Nazilli. Close country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop).
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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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