A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Yayladere in Turkey. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 09:26:25 / 9:26 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 01/06/25 / 2025-06-01 09:26:25 / June 1, 2025 @ 9:26 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us6000qh81. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qh81. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 40.2782° East, 39.2353° North.
Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Erzincan (c. 114 000 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Bingöl (c. 80 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Cimin (c. 39 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Karakoçan (c. 29 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Tunceli (c. 29 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Kovancılar (c. 23 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hozat, Lice, Pertek.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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: 18 km E of Yayladere, Turkey. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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