A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Sabirabad in Azerbaijan. Exact location of earthquake, 48.4078° East, 40.1872° North, depth 45.93 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:51:55 / 5:51 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.93 km (29 miles). Global time and date of event 04/11/20 / 2020-11-04 17:51:55 / November 4, 2020 @ 5:51 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000cadl. Id of event: us7000cadl.
Close country/countries, Azerbaijan (c. 8 304 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ağdaş, Avşar, Qobustan. Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Pārsābād (c. 101 700 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Saatlı (c. 87 000 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Şirvan (c. 70 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Salyan (c. 36 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Geoktschai (c. 35 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Agdzhabedy (c. 35 000 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Imishli (c. 34 200 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km NNW of Sabirabad, Azerbaijan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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