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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Pushkino in Azerbaijan


Earthquake location 39.615S, 48.3405WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Pushkino in Azerbaijan. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 61.556 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:45:39 / 6:45 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000npt3. Id of event: us6000npt3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 48.3405° East, latitude 39.615° North, depth = 61.556 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/09/24 / 2024-09-05 06:45:39 / September 5, 2024 @ 6:45 am UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries, Azerbaijan (c. 8 304 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 36 km (23 miles) from Pārsābād (c. 101 700 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Saatlı (c. 87 000 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Şirvan (c. 70 200 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Salyan (c. 36 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Dzhalilabad (c. 36 300 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Agdzhabedy (c. 35 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Agdzhabedy, Avşar, Zardob.

Every 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 24 km NW of Pushkino, Azerbaijan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 48.3405° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.615° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 61.556 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24 km NW of Pushkino, Azerbaijan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-05 06:45:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-05 07:29:13 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 284 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 53 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.586 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 125 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 us6000npt3 Id of event.
Event Code 6000npt3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000npt3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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