Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Shamakhi in Azerbaijan

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Shamakhi in Azerbaijan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32.84 km (20 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/09/18 / 2018-09-18 15:33:29 / September 18, 2018 @ 3:33 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 32.84 km, 48.7789° East, 40.7094° North. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:33:29 / 7:33 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000hjte. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000hjte.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khodzhi-Gasan, Qobustan, Geoktschai (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Azerbaijan (c. 8 304 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Sumqayıt (c. 265 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Şirvan (c. 70 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Khirdalan (c. 37 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Xaçmaz (c. 37 200 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Geoktschai (c. 35 300 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Shamakhi (c. 29 400 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km NE of Shamakhi, Azerbaijan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	48.7789° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.7094° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	32.84 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	14km NE of Shamakhi, Azerbaijan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-09-18 15:33:29	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-09-26 14:45:48	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	240	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	246	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	3.132	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.59 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	83	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	us2000hjte	Id of event.
Event Code	2000hjte	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000hjte,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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