Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Gedzhukh in Russia

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Gedzhukh in Russia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000d4we. Id of event: us6000d4we. Exact location of event, longitude 47.9957 East, latitude 42.0889 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:05:51 / 1:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/01/21 / 2021-01-02 01:05:51 / January 2, 2021 @ 1:05 am UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tarki, Nizhneye Kazanishche, Verkhneye Kazanishche (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Azerbaijan (c. 8 304 000 pop), Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Event epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Derbent (c. 106 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Kaspiysk (c. 81 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Izberbash (c. 42 100 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Xaçmaz (c. 37 200 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Dagestanskiye Ogni (c. 27 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Quba (c. 22 400 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Belidzhi (c. 16 100 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km SW of Gedzhukh, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	47.9957° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	42.0889° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7 km SW of Gedzhukh, Russia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2021-01-02 01:05:51	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-01-02 01:24:59	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		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	400	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	3.131	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.08 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	61	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	us6000d4we	Id of event.
Event Code	6000d4we	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000d4we,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.1 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

47.9957° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

42.0889° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

7 km SW of Gedzhukh, Russia

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2021-01-02 01:05:51

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2021-01-02 01:24:59

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

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

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

400

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

3.131

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.08 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us6000d4we

Id of event.

Event Code

6000d4we

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us6000d4we,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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