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Light earthquake 4.9 mag, 15 km SE of Oni, Georgia


Earthquake location 42.4881S, 43.5871WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Oni in Georgia on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/06/24 / 2024-06-03 22:03:42 / June 3, 2024 @ 10:03 pm. The temblor was reported at 22:03:42 / 10:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 7.984 km, 43.5871° East, 42.4881° North. Id of earthquake: us7000mq51. Event ids that are associated: us7000mq51. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 7.984 km (5 miles).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arkhonskaya, Gizel’, Mart’vili (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Georgia (c. 4 630 000 pop), Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Kutaisi (c. 178 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Gori (c. 46 700 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Ts’khinvali (c. 30 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Khashuri (c. 27 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Zestap’oni (c. 25 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Alagir (c. 19 700 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Chegem (c. 18 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 15 km SE of Oni, Georgia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 43.5871° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 42.4881° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.984 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15 km SE of Oni, Georgia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-03 22:03:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-03 22:22:05 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 370 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 53 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.971 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 32 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000mq51 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mq51 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mq51, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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