A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Bigadic in Turkey. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/12/19 / 2019-12-10 20:24:05 / December 10, 2019 @ 8:24 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us60006pvi. Unique identifier: us60006pvi. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:24:05 / 10:24 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 16.39 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 28.0138 East, latitude 39.4862 North, depth = 16.39 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saruhanlı, Burhaniye, Gölmarmara (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 21 km (13 miles) from Balıkesir (c. 238 200 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Mustafakemalpaşa (c. 101 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Akhisar (c. 84 700 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Soma (c. 65 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Bergama (c. 57 200 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Karacabey (c. 44 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 14 km NW of Bigadic, Turkey.
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