A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Doganyol in Turkey. The temblor was reported at 19:31:10 / 7:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/04/19 / 2019-04-04 17:31:10 / April 4, 2019 @ 5:31 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000kacn. Event ids that are associated: us2000kacn. Exact location of earthquake, 39.1726° East, 38.2985° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Event epicenter was 101 km (63 miles) from Diyarbakır (c. 644 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Malatya (c. 441 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Elazığ (c. 298 000 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Adıyaman (c. 223 700 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Siverek (c. 175 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Kâhta (c. 73 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Ergani (c. 52 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hani, Akçadağ, Karakoçan (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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