A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Pasanauri in Georgia. The temblor was reported at 00:53:06 / 12:53 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 45.0258 East, latitude 42.3952 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/10/24 / 2024-10-14 00:53:06 / October 14, 2024 @ 12:53 am. Event id: us6000nyid. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nyid. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Georgia (c. 4 630 000 pop), Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Event epicenter was 80 km (49 miles) from Tbilisi (c. 1 049 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Vladikavkaz (c. 317 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Gori (c. 46 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Ts’khinvali (c. 30 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Telavi (c. 21 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Surkhakhi (c. 16 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alkhazurovo, Arkhonskaya, Ts’khinvali (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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 28 km E of Pasanauri, Georgia.
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