A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Yedisu in Turkey on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/01/19 / 2019-01-01 02:09:36 / January 1, 2019 @ 2:09 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:09:36 / 4:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 40.5488 East, latitude 39.3123 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000izk9. Id of event: us2000izk9.
Close 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 Erzurum, Arıcak, Tekman. Event epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Erzurum (c. 420 700 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Bingöl (c. 80 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Cimin (c. 39 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Karakoçan (c. 29 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Tunceli (c. 29 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Kovancılar (c. 23 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 have been detected in the same area. 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: 13 km S of Yedisu, Turkey.
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