A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Bodrum in Turkey. The temblor was detected at 18:35:23 / 6:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/08/17 / 2017-08-13 16:35:23 / August 13, 2017 @ 4:35 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 27.7064 East, latitude 37.0438 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000a7t6. Event ids that are associated: us2000a7t6.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Afántou, Germencik, İncirliova. Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Aydın (c. 163 000 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Söke (c. 68 200 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Ródos (c. 56 100 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Muğla (c. 48 200 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Milas (c. 43 200 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Bodrum (c. 39 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km E of Bodrum, Turkey. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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