A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Abastumani in Georgia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007ubk. Id of event: us10007ubk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 42.9121° East, 41.7742° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:52:35 / 5:52 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/01/17 / 2017-01-20 13:52:35 / January 20, 2017 @ 1:52 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Georgia (c. 4 630 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Event epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Kutaisi (c. 178 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Samtredia (c. 28 700 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Khashuri (c. 27 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Senak’i (c. 27 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Zestap’oni (c. 25 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Ardahan (c. 21 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Senak’i, Mart’vili, Agara.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 9 km NE of Abastumani, Georgia.
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