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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Oni in Georgia


Earthquake location 42.5465S, 43.6236WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 43.6236° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 42.5465° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15 km ESE 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 2024-06-22 14:08:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-22 16:29:09 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 271 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.979 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 54 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 us7000mtyk Id of event.
Event Code 7000mtyk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mtyk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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