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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag was detected near Gölmarmara in Turkey


Earthquake location 38.7968S, 27.8046WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Gölmarmara in Turkey. The temblor was picked up at 07:21:12 / 7:21 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 26/06/20 / 2020-06-26 07:21:12 / June 26, 2020 @ 7:21 am UTC/GMT. 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). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000abxv. Unique identifier: us7000abxv. Exact location, longitude 27.8046° East, latitude 38.7968° North, depth = 10 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Seferihisar, Köşk, Simav (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from İzmir (c. 2 500 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Karabağlar (c. 458 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Manisa (c. 244 000 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Balıkesir (c. 238 200 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Aydın (c. 163 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Turgutlu (c. 103 300 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Salihli (c. 88 900 pop).

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 twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 13 km NW of Gölmarmara, Turkey.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 27.8046° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.7968° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km NW of Gölmarmara, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-26 07:21:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-26 07:36:15 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 416 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 0.664 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 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 us7000abxv Id of event.
Event Code 7000abxv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000abxv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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