A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Acipayam in Turkey on Thursday. Exact location, longitude 29.4063° East, latitude 37.4612° North, depth = 4.3 km. The temblor was reported at 17:01:17 / 5:01 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4.3 km (3 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000ka8w. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ka8w. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/04/19 / 2019-04-04 15:01:17 / April 4, 2019 @ 3:01 pm.
Event epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Denizli (c. 313 200 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Burdur (c. 66 200 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Korkuteli (c. 20 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Ortaca (c. 19 700 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Sarayköy (c. 18 900 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Serinhisar (c. 17 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Elmalı, Ortaca, Burdur (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop).
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 four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 6 km NE of Acipayam, Turkey.
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