A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Çukurca in Turkey. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/03/25 / 2025-03-11 18:03:21 / March 11, 2025 @ 6:03 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 44.0382 East, latitude 37.263 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:03:21 / 6:03 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000py6h. Event ids that are associated: us6000py6h.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Oshnavīyeh, Orūmīyeh, Başkale (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 97 km (60 miles) from Orūmīyeh (c. 577 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Hakkari (c. 77 700 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Yüksekova (c. 71 700 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Oshnavīyeh (c. 50 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from ‘Aqrah (c. 23 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Ruwāndiz (c. 22 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Şemdinli (c. 19 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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