A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Oni in Georgia on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/06/24 / 2024-06-16 15:49:20 / June 16, 2024 @ 3:49 pm. The temblor was picked up at 15:49:20 / 3:49 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us7000msts. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000msts. Exact location, longitude 43.6253° East, latitude 42.5749° North, depth = 10 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gizel’, Tsqaltubo, Chegem (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Kutaisi (c. 178 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Gori (c. 46 700 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Ts’khinvali (c. 30 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Khashuri (c. 27 800 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Zestap’oni (c. 25 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Alagir (c. 19 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Georgia (c. 4 630 000 pop), Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 15 km E of Oni, Georgia.
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