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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Zyrya in Azerbaijan


Earthquake location 40.1519S, 50.4296WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Zyrya in Azerbaijan. Exact location of event, longitude 50.4296 East, latitude 40.1519 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 15/02/20 / 2020-02-15 13:49:46 / February 15, 2020 @ 1:49 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:49:46 / 5:49 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us70007qvu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70007qvu.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Azerbaijan (c. 8 304 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hacı Zeynalabdin, Qobustan, Sumqayıt (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Baku (c. 1 116 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Sumqayıt (c. 265 200 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Qaraçuxur (c. 73 000 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Bakıxanov (c. 66 700 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Bilajari (c. 42 200 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Maştağa (c. 40 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Khirdalan (c. 37 900 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 26 km SSE of Zyrya, Azerbaijan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 50.4296° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.1519° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26km SSE of Zyrya, Azerbaijan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-02-15 13:49:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-15 17:17:06 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 326 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 4.359 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 93 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 us70007qvu Id of event.
Event Code 70007qvu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70007qvu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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