A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Oguz in Azerbaijan on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/09/15 / 2015-09-04 04:49:38 / September 4, 2015 @ 4:49 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 47.5143° East, 40.9342° North, depth 13.77 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 13.77 km (9 miles). The temblor was picked up at 09:49:38 / 9:49 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003g7a. Id of event: us20003g7a.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelenendorf, Avşar, Zaqatala (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Azerbaijan (c. 8 304 000 pop). Event epicenter was 101 km (63 miles) from Ganja (c. 313 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mingelchaur (c. 95 500 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Sheki (c. 63 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Yevlakh (c. 59 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Barda (c. 37 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Geoktschai (c. 35 300 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Agdzhabedy (c. 35 000 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km SSE of Oguz, Azerbaijan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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