A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Caldiran in Turkey. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:45:17 / 9:45 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 21/07/18 / 2018-07-21 06:15:17 / July 21, 2018 @ 6:15 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000gagp. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000gagp. Exact location of event, longitude 44.1911 East, latitude 39.023 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Van (c. 371 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Khvoy (c. 175 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Erciş (c. 91 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Doğubayazıt (c. 70 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from (c. 31 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Diyadin (c. 18 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Van, Khvoy, .
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 27 km ESE of Caldiran, Turkey.
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