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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Boradigah in Azerbaijan

Posted by admin on May 17, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 38.85S, 48.6873WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Boradigah in Azerbaijan. Exact location of event, depth 61.508 km, 48.6873° East, 38.85° North. Id of earthquake: us6000mxyc. Event ids that are associated: us6000mxyc. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/05/24 / 2024-05-11 13:21:52 / May 11, 2024 @ 1:21 pm. The temblor was picked up at 13:21:52 / 1:21 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 61.508 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Ardabīl (c. 410 800 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Lankaran (c. 240 300 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Āstārā (c. 39 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Salyan (c. 36 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Dzhalilabad (c. 36 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Neftçala (c. 18 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Pushkino (c. 18 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salyan, Severo-Vostotchnyi Bank, Neftçala (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Azerbaijan (c. 8 304 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. 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: 9 km SSW of Boradigah, Azerbaijan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 48.6873° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.85° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 61.508 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 km SSW of Boradigah, Azerbaijan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-11 13:21:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-11 15:28:11 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 7 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.6 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 404 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 61 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.637 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 66 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 us6000mxyc Id of event.
Event Code 6000mxyc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mxyc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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