A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Laçın in Azerbaijan on Saturday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:10:12 / 8:10 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 23/11/24 / 2024-11-23 08:10:12 / November 23, 2024 @ 8:10 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000p77p. Event ids that are associated: us6000p77p. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 46.51 East, latitude 39.6587 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Xankandi (c. 53 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Ağdam (c. 39 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Agdzhabedy (c. 35 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Kapan (c. 33 200 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Fizuli (c. 26 800 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Goris (c. 20 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ordubad, Agdzhabedy, Vayk’. Close country/countries, Armenia (c. 2 968 000 pop), Azerbaijan (c. 8 304 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 7 km NNW of Laçın, Azerbaijan.
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