A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Basqal in Azerbaijan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 48.6003 East, latitude 40.9147 North, depth = 39.72 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39.72 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/02/19 / 2019-02-05 19:19:57 / February 5, 2019 @ 7:19 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000jdrn. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jdrn. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:19:57 / 11:19 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Akhty, Kasumkent, Ujar (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Xaçmaz (c. 37 200 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Geoktschai (c. 35 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Shamakhi (c. 29 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Divichibazar (c. 23 200 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Quba (c. 22 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Kyurdarmir (c. 19 100 pop). Close country/countries, Azerbaijan (c. 8 304 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 25 km NE of Basqal, Azerbaijan.
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