Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Belokany in Azerbaijan

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Belokany in Azerbaijan on Thursday. 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 54.56 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:29:42 / 12:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/09/16 / 2016-09-07 21:29:42 / September 7, 2016 @ 9:29 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 46.6359 East, latitude 41.9189 North, depth = 54.56 km. Unique identifier: us10006mvf. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006mvf.

Country/countries that might be effected, Azerbaijan (c. 8 304 000 pop), Georgia (c. 4 630 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sheki, Untsukul’, Shamil’kala. Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Sheki (c. 63 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Zaqatala (c. 18 300 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Qax (c. 12 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Gurjaani (c. 9 500 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Belokany (c. 9 200 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Aliabad (c. 9 100 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, 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 have been detected nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 28 km NE of Belokany, Azerbaijan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	46.6359° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	41.9189° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	54.56 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	28km NE of Belokany, Azerbaijan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-09-07 21:29:42	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-09-07 21:45:31	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	180	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	271	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.277	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.9 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	73	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us10006mvf	Id of event.
Event Code	10006mvf	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10006mvf,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.2 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

46.6359° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

41.9189° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

54.56 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

28km NE of Belokany, Azerbaijan

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2016-09-07 21:29:42

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2016-09-07 21:45:31

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

180

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.

Review Status

reviewed

Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.

Tsunami

This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.

SIG

271

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,us,

A comma-separated list of network contributors.

Number of Stations Used

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

2.277

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.9 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us10006mvf

Id of event.

Event Code

10006mvf

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us10006mvf,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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