A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Quba in Azerbaijan on Tuesday. Exact location of event, depth 49.97 km, 48.4907° East, 41.3735° North. Global time and date of event 27/02/18 / 2018-02-27 19:03:38 / February 27, 2018 @ 7:03 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.97 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000d8tl. Unique identifier: us2000d8tl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 23:03:38 / 11:03 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Derbent (c. 106 000 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Xaçmaz (c. 37 200 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Shamakhi (c. 29 400 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Dagestanskiye Ogni (c. 27 800 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Divichibazar (c. 23 200 pop), 2 km (1 miles) from Quba (c. 22 400 pop). Close country/countries, Azerbaijan (c. 8 304 000 pop), Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Oğuz, Gedzhukh, Aghsu (min 5000 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 was reported nearby. 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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