A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Yedisu in Turkey on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 40.7518 East, latitude 39.4417 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:34:50 / 2:34 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000abp5. Unique identifier: us6000abp5. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/06/20 / 2020-06-14 14:34:50 / June 14, 2020 @ 2:34 pm.
Nearby country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Erzurum (c. 420 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Bingöl (c. 80 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Cimin (c. 39 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Hınıs (c. 35 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Karakoçan (c. 29 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Genç (c. 22 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Varto (c. 18 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cimin, Hınıs, Karakoçan (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 18 km E of Yedisu, Turkey. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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