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Light earthquake 4.7 mag, 22 km SSE of Erciş, Turkey


Earthquake location 38.8455S, 43.4714WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Erciş in Turkey. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/12/20 / 2020-12-14 21:58:46 / December 14, 2020 @ 9:58 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 43.4714° East, 38.8455° North. Id of earthquake: us7000cr3p. Event ids that are associated: us7000cr3p. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:58:46 / 9:58 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Doğubayazıt, Taşlıçay, Malazgirt (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Van (c. 371 700 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Erciş (c. 91 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Patnos (c. 87 500 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Doğubayazıt (c. 70 200 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Ahlat (c. 64 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Adilcevaz (c. 52 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Malazgirt (c. 26 100 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 22 km SSE of Erciş, Turkey.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 43.4714° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.8455° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22 km SSE of Erciş, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-12-14 21:58:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-14 22:18:25 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 340 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 0.623 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.93 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 55 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 us7000cr3p Id of event.
Event Code 7000cr3p An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000cr3p, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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