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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Ts’nori in Georgia


Earthquake location 41.5522S, 46.036WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Ts’nori in Georgia on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 46.036 East, latitude 41.5522 North, depth = 37.413 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 37.413 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mzq9. Id of event: us7000mzq9. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/07/24 / 2024-07-17 02:09:29 / July 17, 2024 @ 2:09 am. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:09:29 / 2:09 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Rust’avi (c. 50 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Shamkhor (c. 35 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Telavi (c. 21 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Qazax (c. 18 900 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Zaqatala (c. 18 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Tovuz (c. 12 600 pop). Close country/countries, Azerbaijan (c. 8 304 000 pop), Georgia (c. 4 630 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Samux, Berd, Qarayeri (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 one 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 respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 9 km SE of Ts’nori, Georgia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 46.036° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.5522° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 37.413 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 km SE of Ts’nori, Georgia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-17 02:09:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-17 02:20:09 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 29 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.867 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 87 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 us7000mzq9 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mzq9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mzq9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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