Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Hani in Turkey

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Hani in Turkey. The temblor was picked up at 21:03:21 / 9:03 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.524 km (7 miles). Exact location of event, depth 11.524 km, 40.2959° East, 38.384° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/06/25 / 2025-06-14 21:03:21 / June 14, 2025 @ 9:03 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qkck. Unique identifier: us6000qkck. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Batman, Solhan, Çüngüş (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 52 km (33 miles) from Diyarbakır (c. 644 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Batman (c. 382 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Bingöl (c. 80 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Bismil (c. 74 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Silvan (c. 66 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Ergani (c. 52 700 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 three and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km WSW of Hani, Turkey. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	40.2959° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.384° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.524 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	8 km WSW of Hani, Turkey	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-06-14 21:03:21	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-06-14 21:36:26	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	271	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	42	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.778	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.77 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	78	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	us6000qkck	Id of event.
Event Code	6000qkck	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000qkck,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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