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Moderate mag. 4.4 earthquake - 38 km southeast of Malatya, Turkey, on Monday, Oct 31, 2022 at 9:34 pm (GMT +3) -

Moderate magnitude 4.4 earthquake at 5 km depth

31 Oct 18:38 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 4 minutes.
31 Oct 18:41: Magnitude recalculated from 4.5 to 4.4.
31 Oct 18:43: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 10.0 to 2.0 km (from 6.2 to 1.2 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 10.2 km (6.3 mi) towards N.
31 Oct 18:50: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 2.0 to 5.0 km (from 1.2 to 3.1 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 7.8 km (4.9 mi) towards S.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Oct 31, 2022 18:34:25 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Monday, Oct 31, 2022 at 9:34 pm (GMT +3)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.4
Depth	5.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	38.17°N / 38.68°E (Malatya, Turkey)
Antipode	38.17°S / 141.32°W
Shaking intensity	Moderate shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Nearest volcano	Karaca Dağ (113 km / 70 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	16 km (10 mi) NNE of Sincik (Adıyaman) (pop: 7,150) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 38 km (23 mi) ESE of Malatya (pop: 441,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 43 km (27 mi) N of Kâhta (Adıyaman) (pop: 73,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 46 km (29 mi) SSW of Baskil (Elazığ) (pop: 15,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 67 km (42 mi) W of Çermik (Diyarbakır) (pop: 21,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 72 km (45 mi) NW of Siverek (Şanlıurfa) (pop: 175,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 168 km (105 mi) NE of Gaziantep (pop: 1,066,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 539 km (335 mi) ESE of Ankara (pop: 3,517,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Clear Sky 14°C (57 F), humidity: 54%, wind: 2 m/s (4 kts) from W
Estimated seismic energy released	2.5 x 10¹¹ joules (69.8 megawatt hours, equivalent to 60 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.4	5 km	EASTERN TURKEY	EMSC
4.2	5 km	Turkey	RaspberryShake
3.9	5 km	Turkey: KAVAKLIDERE-PUTURGE (MALATYA)	KOERI-RETMC

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Ankara, Turkey (ANTO/IU network) | Distance from quake: 542 km / 337 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Ankara, Turkey: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.2-5.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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