A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Tsqaltubo in Georgia on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 29/06/18 / 2018-06-29 05:30:55 / June 29, 2018 @ 5:30 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 09:30:55 / 9:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 42.7936 East, latitude 42.4525 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000fqyl. Unique identifier: us2000fqyl.
The epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Kutaisi (c. 178 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Zugdidi (c. 73 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Samtredia (c. 28 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Khashuri (c. 27 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Senak’i (c. 27 800 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Zestap’oni (c. 25 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Akhaltsikhe, Gali, Ozurgeti. Country/countries that might be effected, Georgia (c. 4 630 000 pop).
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km NE of Tsqaltubo, Georgia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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