A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Zaqatala in Azerbaijan. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:29:20 / 7:29 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us600053lr. Event ids that are associated: us600053lr. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 46.6471 East, latitude 41.6466 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/08/19 / 2019-08-11 03:29:20 / August 11, 2019 @ 3:29 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (41 miles) from Sheki (c. 63 000 pop), 2 km (1 miles) from Zaqatala (c. 18 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Akhty (c. 14 100 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Qax (c. 12 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Gurjaani (c. 9 500 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Belokany (c. 9 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Akhty, Qvareli, Gurjaani. Close country/countries that might be effected, Azerbaijan (c. 8 304 000 pop), Georgia (c. 4 630 000 pop), Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 three 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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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: 1 km NNE of Zaqatala, Azerbaijan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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