A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Oni in Georgia on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude 43.6236 East, latitude 42.5465 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/06/24 / 2024-06-22 14:08:38 / June 22, 2024 @ 2:08 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mtyk. Id of event: us7000mtyk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:08:38 / 2:08 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Kutaisi (c. 178 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Gori (c. 46 700 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Ts’khinvali (c. 30 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Khashuri (c. 27 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Zestap’oni (c. 25 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Alagir (c. 19 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Georgia (c. 4 630 000 pop), Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chegem, Ardon, Tsqaltubo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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 ESE of Oni, Georgia.
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