A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Imishli in Azerbaijan on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/08/16 / 2016-08-01 04:46:34 / August 1, 2016 @ 4:46 am. Event id: us1000693d. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000693d. Exact location of event, longitude 48.0692 East, latitude 40.0696 North, depth = 10 km. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:46:34 / 9:46 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Martakert, Qutqashen, Dzhalilabad (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Azerbaijan (c. 8 304 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Event epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Pārsābād (c. 101 700 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Saatlı (c. 87 000 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Şirvan (c. 70 200 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Yevlakh (c. 59 000 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Ağdam (c. 39 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Barda (c. 37 400 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Salyan (c. 36 600 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 22 km N of Imishli, Azerbaijan.
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