A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Basqal in Azerbaijan on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 48.6284° East, 40.9093° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/02/19 / 2019-02-05 19:31:36 / February 5, 2019 @ 7:31 pm. The temblor was reported at 23:31:36 / 11:31 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jds8. Unique identifier: us2000jds8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ağdaş, Saray, Sabirabad. Earthquake epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Sumqayıt (c. 265 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Xaçmaz (c. 37 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Geoktschai (c. 35 300 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Shamakhi (c. 29 400 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Sabirabad (c. 28 100 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Ağdaş (c. 23 500 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Divichibazar (c. 23 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Azerbaijan (c. 8 304 000 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 26 km NE of Basqal, Azerbaijan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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