A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Oni in Georgia on Sunday. Exact location, longitude 43.5822° East, latitude 42.5577° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mstr. Id of event: us7000mstr. The temblor was detected at 15:42:40 / 3:42 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/06/24 / 2024-06-16 15:42:40 / June 16, 2024 @ 3:42 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Georgia (c. 4 630 000 pop), Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ardon, Chegem, Kashkhatau (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Kutaisi (c. 178 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Gori (c. 46 700 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Ts’khinvali (c. 30 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Khashuri (c. 27 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Zestap’oni (c. 25 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Alagir (c. 19 700 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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