A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Doğanyol in Turkey. Exact location, longitude 38.9278° East, latitude 38.3634° North, depth = 12.188 km. Id of earthquake: us7000pvfk. Event ids that are associated: us7000pvfk. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12.188 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 18:09:38 / 6:09 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/04/25 / 2025-04-27 18:09:38 / April 27, 2025 @ 6:09 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Malatya (c. 441 800 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Elazığ (c. 298 000 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Adıyaman (c. 223 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Siverek (c. 175 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Kâhta (c. 73 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Ergani (c. 52 700 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Tunceli (c. 29 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tunceli, Doğanşehir, Samsat (min 5000 pop).
Every 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days sixteen 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. 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: 11 km WNW of Doğanyol, Turkey.
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