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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag was detected near Samsat in Turkey


Earthquake location 37.5968S, 38.5023WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Samsat in Turkey. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/04/18 / 2018-04-24 00:34:31 / April 24, 2018 @ 12:34 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 38.5023 East, latitude 37.5968 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 02:34:31 / 2:34 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000dr1j. Event ids that are associated: us1000dr1j.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Syria (c. 22 198 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 54 km (34 miles) from Şanlıurfa (c. 449 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Malatya (c. 441 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Adıyaman (c. 223 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Siverek (c. 175 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Nizip (c. 82 300 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Kâhta (c. 73 100 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from ‘Ayn al ‘Arab (c. 50 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Çağlayancerit, Pazarcık, Akçakale (min 5000 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 2 km ENE of Samsat, Turkey.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 38.5023° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.5968° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2km ENE of Samsat, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-04-24 00:34:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-24 00:49:16 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 120 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 417 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.113 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.07 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 35 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000dr1j Id of event.
Event Code 1000dr1j An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000dr1j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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