Mag. 4.8 earthquake - Tersakan, 16 km south of Telyarli, Balkan, Turkmenistan, on Thursday, 26 Nov 2020 1:11 am (GMT +5) -

Light magnitude 4.8 earthquake at 10 km depth

25 Nov 20:18 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 6 minutes.
26 Nov 08:50: Magnitude recalculated from 4.7 to 4.8. Epicenter location corrected by 18 km (11 mi) towards S.

Update Wed, 25 Nov 2020, 20:24

Magnitude 4.7 earthquake strikes near Baharly, Turkmenistan

4.7 quake 26 Nov 1:11 am (GMT +5)

An earthquake of magnitude 4.7 occurred early morning on Thursday 26 November 2020 at 1.11 am local time near Serdar, Turkmenistan, as reported by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ).
According to preliminary data, the quake was located at a shallow depth of 10 km. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones as they are closer to the surface. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service at VolcanoDiscovery identified a second report from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) which listed the quake at magnitude 4.8.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter. Weak shaking might have been felt in Serdar (pop. 12,000) located 73 km from the epicenter, Bereket (pop. 21,100) 112 km away, and Baharly (pop. 23,000) 118 km away.
VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.

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Earthquake data:

Дата & время: 25 Nov 2020 20:11:41 UTC -
Местное время в эпицентре: Четверг, 26 ноя 2020 01:11 (GMT +5)
Величина: 4.8
Глубина: 10.0 km
Эпицентр Широта / Долгота: 38.18°N / 56.07°E

(Departamento de Zonda, Балканский велаят, Туркменистан)
Города поблизости:
90 km (56 mi) S of Кизил-Арват (pop: 12,000) --> Найдите близлежащие землетрясения!
103 km (64 mi) NNE of Kalāleh (Kalaleh, Golestan, Иран) (pop: 33,700) --> Найдите близлежащие землетрясения!
122 km (76 mi) WSW of Бахарден (Bäherden, Ahal) (pop: 23,000) --> Найдите близлежащие землетрясения!
128 km (79 mi) SSE of Газанджык (Bereket) (pop: 21,100) --> Найдите близлежащие землетрясения!
130 km (81 mi) NE of Gonbad-e Kāvūs (Golestan, Иран) (pop: 131,400) --> Найдите близлежащие землетрясения!
136 km (84 mi) NW of Боджнурд (North Khorasan, Иран) (pop: 192,000) --> Найдите близлежащие землетрясения!
172 km (107 mi) SE of Гумдаге (Gumdag) (pop: 24,300) --> Найдите близлежащие землетрясения!
187 km (116 mi) W of Abadan (Ahal) (pop: 39,500) --> Найдите близлежащие землетрясения!
204 km (127 mi) W of Ашхабад (Ashgabat) (pop: 727,700) --> Найдите близлежащие землетрясения!
209 km (130 mi) SE of Балканабат (pop: 87,800) --> Найдите близлежащие землетрясения!

Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Overcast Clouds

8.5°C (47 F), humidity: 53%, wind: 3 m/s (5 kts) from SE

Источник данных: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 1 x 10¹² joules (278 megawatt hours, equivalent to 239 tons of TNT) More info

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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Величина	Глубина	Местоположение	Источник
M 4.8	10 km	Turkmenistan-Iran Border Region	GFZ
M 4.8	10 km	TURKMENISTAN	EMSC
M 4.8	10 km	21 Km of Maraveh Tappeh, Golestan, Turkmenistan	IRSC
M 4.8	10 km	89 Km S of Serdar, Turkmenistan	USGS

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Mag. 4.8 earthquake - Tersakan, 16 km south of Telyarli, Balkan, Turkmenistan, on Thursday, 26 Nov 2020 1:11 am (GMT +5)

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