A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Kirkagac in Turkey. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/04/20 / 2020-04-16 02:49:10 / April 16, 2020 @ 2:49 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us70008xad. Unique identifier: us70008xad. The temblor was detected at 04:49:10 / 4:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 27.8273 East, latitude 39.1169 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Susurluk, Edremit, Menemen. Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Manisa (c. 244 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Balıkesir (c. 238 200 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Turgutlu (c. 103 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Salihli (c. 88 900 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Akhisar (c. 84 700 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Soma (c. 65 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 eighteen 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km E of Kirkagac, Turkey. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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