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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Lerik in Azerbaijan

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Lerik in Azerbaijan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 48.49° East, 38.7416° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was detected at 03:43:23 / 3:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/06/24 / 2024-06-28 03:43:23 / June 28, 2024 @ 3:43 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000n8tc. Event ids that are associated: us6000n8tc.

The epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Ardabīl (c. 410 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Lankaran (c. 240 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Āstārā (c. 39 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Dzhalilabad (c. 36 300 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Neftçala (c. 18 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Pushkino (c. 18 200 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Astara (c. 15 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Azerbaijan (c. 8 304 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Severo-Vostotchnyi Bank, Neftçala, Pushkino (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km ESE of Lerik, Azerbaijan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	48.49° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.7416° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7 km ESE of Lerik, Azerbaijan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-06-28 03:43:23	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-28 04:14:38	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	6.1	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	355	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	37	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.821	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.78 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	159	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	us6000n8tc	Id of event.
Event Code	6000n8tc	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000n8tc,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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