A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Bodrum in Turkey. Exact location of event, longitude 27.6306 East, latitude 36.9325 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 09:02:15 / 9:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/07/17 / 2017-07-30 07:02:15 / July 30, 2017 @ 7:02 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000a2mn. Id of event: us2000a2mn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Söke (c. 68 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Ródos (c. 56 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Muğla (c. 48 200 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Milas (c. 43 200 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Bodrum (c. 39 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Marmaris (c. 33 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Söke, Davutlar, Koçarlı (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 21 km ESE of Bodrum, Turkey. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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