A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Seferihisar in Turkey. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.91 km (9 miles). Exact location, longitude 26.9052° East, latitude 38.017° North, depth = 13.91 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/08/19 / 2019-08-08 08:39:09 / August 8, 2019 @ 8:39 am. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:39:09 / 10:39 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000528z. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000528z.
Nearby country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 48 km (30 miles) from İzmir (c. 2 500 600 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Karabağlar (c. 458 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Manisa (c. 244 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Aydın (c. 163 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Turgutlu (c. 103 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Söke (c. 68 200 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Hypaepa (c. 67 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hypaepa, Turgutlu, Aliağa (min 5000 pop).
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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 20 km SSE of Seferihisar, Turkey.
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