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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Sincik in Turkey


Earthquake location 38.1195S, 38.5669WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Sincik in Turkey on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000akdq. Id of event: us7000akdq. The temblor was picked up at 20:57:55 / 8:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 38.5669° East, latitude 38.1195° North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/07/20 / 2020-07-08 20:57:55 / July 8, 2020 @ 8:57 pm.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gölbaşı, Bozova, Elazığ (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 34 km (21 miles) from Malatya (c. 441 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Elazığ (c. 298 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Adıyaman (c. 223 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Siverek (c. 175 300 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Kâhta (c. 73 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Besni (c. 41 900 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 thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 10 km NNW of Sincik, Turkey. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 38.5669° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.1195° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10 km NNW of Sincik, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-08 20:57:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-08 21:23:26 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 259 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 0.988 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.07 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 85 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 us7000akdq Id of event.
Event Code 7000akdq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000akdq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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