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Light earthquake: M4.8 quake has struck near Marmaris in Turkey


Earthquake location 36.7292S, 28.2141WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Marmaris in Turkey. Exact location of event, depth 68.84 km, 28.2141° East, 36.7292° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/06/20 / 2020-06-29 04:06:24 / June 29, 2020 @ 4:06 am. Id of earthquake: us7000ae1r. Event ids that are associated: us7000ae1r. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 68.84 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:06:24 / 4:06 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Çine, Kale, Turgutreis (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 81 km (51 miles) from Fethiye (c. 60 400 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Ródos (c. 56 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Muğla (c. 48 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Milas (c. 43 200 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Bodrum (c. 39 300 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Marmaris (c. 33 700 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Çine (c. 21 300 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km SSW of Marmaris, Turkey. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 28.2141° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.7292° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 68.84 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km SSW of Marmaris, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-29 04:06:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-29 04:22:30 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 354 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 0.52 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 53 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000ae1r Id of event.
Event Code 7000ae1r An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ae1r, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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