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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 61 km ESE of Sovetabad, Azerbaijan

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Earthquake location 39.0524S, 49.8315WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Sovetabad in Azerbaijan on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 32.558 km (20 miles). Event id: us6000nq3g. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nq3g. The temblor was picked up at 04:22:36 / 4:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 49.8315° East, 39.0524° North, depth 32.558 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/08/24 / 2024-08-15 04:22:36 / August 15, 2024 @ 4:22 am.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (57 miles) from Lankaran (c. 240 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Neftçala (c. 18 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Severo-Vostotchnyi Bank (c. 7 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Azerbaijan (c. 8 304 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lankaran, Severo-Vostotchnyi Bank, Neftçala (min 5000 pop).

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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 61 km ESE of Sovetabad, Azerbaijan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 49.8315° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.0524° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 32.558 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61 km ESE of Sovetabad, Azerbaijan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-15 04:22:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-11 04:27:28 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 38 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.555 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 88 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 us6000nq3g Id of event.
Event Code 6000nq3g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nq3g, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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