A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Yedisu in Turkey. Event id: us6000ac28. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ac28. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/06/20 / 2020-06-15 06:51:31 / June 15, 2020 @ 6:51 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 40.7491° East, 39.4146° North. The temblor was reported at 06:51:31 / 6:51 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Erzurum (c. 420 700 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Muş (c. 82 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Bingöl (c. 80 600 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Cimin (c. 39 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Hınıs (c. 35 500 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Bayburt (c. 31 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Karakoçan (c. 29 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tunceli, Arıcak, Kovancılar. Nearby country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 18 km E of Yedisu, Turkey. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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