A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Sincik in Turkey. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/06/20 / 2020-06-05 18:06:21 / June 5, 2020 @ 6:06 pm. The temblor was picked up at 18:06:21 / 6:06 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 38.7371 East, latitude 38.2028 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000a6qw. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000a6qw.
Country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Malatya (c. 441 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Elazığ (c. 298 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Adıyaman (c. 223 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Siverek (c. 175 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Kâhta (c. 73 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Ergani (c. 52 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Besni (c. 41 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gölbaşı, Hekimhan, Besni (min 5000 pop).
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 thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 21 km NNE of Sincik, Turkey.
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