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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Yeranos in Armenia

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Yeranos in Armenia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.452 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/08/24 / 2024-08-11 22:02:40 / August 11, 2024 @ 10:02 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 1.452 km, 45.1891° East, 40.2342° North. 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 22:02:40 / 10:02 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000njix. Id of event: us6000njix.

Epicenter of the event was 58 km (36 miles) from Yerevan (c. 1 093 500 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Vanadzor (c. 101 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Ejmiatsin (c. 49 500 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Hrazdan (c. 40 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Abovyan (c. 35 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Ararat (c. 28 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tovuz, Vanadzor, Yukhary-Dashkesan. Country/countries that might be effected, Armenia (c. 2 968 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 3 km N of Yeranos, Armenia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	45.1891° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.2342° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	1.452 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3 km N of Yeranos, Armenia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-08-11 22:02:40	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-11 22:16:58	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	3.4	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	272	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	46	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.354	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.86 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	37	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	us6000njix	Id of event.
Event Code	6000njix	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000njix,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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