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Minor earthquake, 3.4 mag has occurred near Dimitrov in Armenia


Earthquake location 40.0113S, 44.4697WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Dimitrov in Armenia on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/07/24 / 2024-07-18 15:40:52 / July 18, 2024 @ 3:40 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 44.4697 East, latitude 40.0113 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 15:40:52 / 3:40 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n018. Id of event: us7000n018.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Armenia (c. 2 968 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). The epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Yerevan (c. 1 093 500 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Iğdır (c. 75 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Doğubayazıt (c. 70 200 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Ejmiatsin (c. 49 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Hrazdan (c. 40 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vardenik, Yeghegnadzor, Karakoyunlu (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 1 km W of Dimitrov, Armenia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 44.4697° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.0113° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 1 km W of Dimitrov, Armenia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-18 15:40:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-18 16:20:12 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 2 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 178 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.249 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 78 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000n018 Id of event.
Event Code 7000n018 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n018, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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