A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from `Ayn al Bayda in Syria on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 15/04/20 / 2020-04-15 08:18:37 / April 15, 2020 @ 8:18 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us70008wl9. Ids that are associated to the event: us70008wl9. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:18:37 / 10:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 35.5268° East, latitude 35.8058° North, depth = 10 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salqīn, Karataş, Serinyol. Country/countries that might be effected, Syria (c. 22 198 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Latakia (c. 340 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Antakya (c. 210 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Jablah (c. 65 900 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Jisr ash Shughūr (c. 39 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Bāniyās (c. 39 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Salqīn (c. 31 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 36 km WNW of `Ayn al Bayda, Syria. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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