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Moderate earthquake, 5.9 mag strikes near Yedisu in Turkey

Posted by admin on June 14, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 39.4205S, 40.7099WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Yedisu in Turkey on Sunday. Event id: us6000abnv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000abnv. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/06/20 / 2020-06-14 14:24:29 / June 14, 2020 @ 2:24 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 40.7099 East, latitude 39.4205 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 14:24:29 / 2:24 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Erzurum (c. 420 700 pop), 111 km (69 miles) from Erzincan (c. 114 000 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Muş (c. 82 500 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Bingöl (c. 80 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Cimin (c. 39 600 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Hınıs (c. 35 500 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Bayburt (c. 31 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Karakoçan (c. 29 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was İspir, Korkut, Tortum (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 15 km E of Yedisu, Turkey. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 40.7099° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.4205° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15 km E of Yedisu, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-14 14:24:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-14 14:43:58 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 536 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.618 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 24 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000abnv Id of event.
Event Code 6000abnv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000abnv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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