Light mag. 3.1 earthquake - Sivas, 19 km northwest of Kale, Hekimhan, Malatya, Turkey, on Wednesday, Jun 29, 2022 at 8:40 pm (GMT +3) -
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Light magnitude 3.1 earthquake at 2 km depth
29 Jun 17:47 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 7 minutes.
29 Jun 17:49: Epicenter location corrected by 3.8 km (2.3 mi) towards NNE.
29 Jun 17:49: Epicenter location corrected by 3.8 km (2.3 mi) towards NNE.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Jun 29, 2022 17:40:26 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Wednesday, Jun 29, 2022 at 8:40 pm (GMT +3) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3.1 |
| Depth | 2.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 39.1°N / 37.8°E  (Sivas, Turkey) |
| Antipode | 39.1°S / 142.2°W |
| Shaking intensity | Light shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre) |
| Nearest volcano | Erciyes Dagi (213 km / 132 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 19 km (12 mi) WNW of Kale (Hekimhan, Malatya) (pop: 5,170) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 28 km (17 mi) NNE of Kuluncak (Malatya) (pop: 8,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 33 km (21 mi) NNW of Hekimhan (Malatya) (pop: 13,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 38 km (24 mi) ESE of Kangal (pop: 11,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 67 km (41 mi) NNE of Darende (Malatya) (pop: 20,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 95 km (59 mi) NNW of Malatya (pop: 441,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 99 km (61 mi) SE of Sivas (pop: 264,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 434 km (270 mi) E of Ankara (pop: 3,517,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Broken Clouds  18°C (64 F), humidity: 53%, wind: 3 m/s (5 kts) from NW |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 2.8 x 109 joules (783 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.674 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.1 | 2 km | CENTRAL TURKEY | EMSC |
| 3.1 | 1.9 km | Turkey: KARAPINAR-HEKIMHAN (MALATYA) | KOERI-RETMC |
| 3.0 | 14 km | Turkey | RaspberryShake |
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