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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 19 km WNW of Karakoyunlu, Turkey


Earthquake location 39.9122S, 43.4043WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Karakoyunlu in Turkey on Sunday. Id of earthquake: us1000dzfx. Event ids that are associated: us1000dzfx. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:18:16 / 8:18 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/05/18 / 2018-05-06 18:18:16 / May 6, 2018 @ 6:18 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 43.4043° East, 39.9122° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 37 km (23 miles) from Ağrı (c. 92 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Patnos (c. 87 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Kars (c. 77 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Iğdır (c. 75 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Doğubayazıt (c. 70 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Ejmiatsin (c. 49 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Masis, Patnos, Sarıkamış (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Armenia (c. 2 968 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 19 km WNW of Karakoyunlu, Turkey.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 43.4043° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.9122° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19km WNW of Karakoyunlu, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-05-06 18:18:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-06 20:00:25 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 120 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 259 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 1.053 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.35 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 62 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000dzfx Id of event.
Event Code 1000dzfx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000dzfx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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