A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Metsavan in Armenia. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:17:41 / 7:17 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20006gfg. Ids that are associated to the event: us20006gfg. Global time and date of event 21/07/16 / 2016-07-21 15:17:41 / July 21, 2016 @ 3:17 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.68 km (9 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 44.2255 East, latitude 41.3394 North, depth = 14.68 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Armenia (c. 2 968 000 pop), Georgia (c. 4 630 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arpaçay, Ijevan, Khashuri (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Tbilisi (c. 1 049 500 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Gyumri (c. 148 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Vanadzor (c. 101 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Rust’avi (c. 50 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Gori (c. 46 700 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Khashuri (c. 27 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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 N of Metsavan, Armenia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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