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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Mahmutlar in Turkey


Earthquake location 36.9525S, 36.0969WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Mahmutlar in Turkey. Unique identifier: us2000gi7x. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000gi7x. The temblor was reported at 16:36:05 / 4:36 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 7 km, 36.0969° East, 36.9525° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/07/18 / 2018-07-31 14:36:05 / July 31, 2018 @ 2:36 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7 km (4 miles).

Country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aladağ, Dursunlu, Reyhanlı. The epicenter was 68 km (43 miles) from Adana (c. 1 249 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Antakya (c. 210 000 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Osmaniye (c. 202 800 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from İskenderun (c. 160 000 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Ceyhan (c. 96 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Kozan (c. 88 100 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 8 km W of Mahmutlar, Turkey.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 36.0969° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.9525° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8km W of Mahmutlar, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-07-31 14:36:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-31 15:32:33 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 284 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 0.916 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.57 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 87 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 us2000gi7x Id of event.
Event Code 2000gi7x An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000gi7x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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