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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Kerbakhiar in Azerbaijan

Posted by admin on December 21, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 39.9091S, 45.9464WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Kerbakhiar in Azerbaijan on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/12/24 / 2024-12-20 23:01:59 / December 20, 2024 @ 11:01 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:01:59 / 11:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 45.9464 East, latitude 39.9091 North, depth = 34.646 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000p0hz. Unique identifier: us7000p0hz. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.646 km (22 miles).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Naftalan, Terter, Ganja (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Armenia (c. 2 968 000 pop), Azerbaijan (c. 8 304 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Ganja (c. 313 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Nakhchivan (c. 64 800 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Xankandi (c. 53 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Ağdam (c. 39 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Kapan (c. 33 200 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Gavarr (c. 21 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Goris (c. 20 400 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 have been detected in the same area.

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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. 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: 23 km SSW of Kerbakhiar, Azerbaijan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 45.9464° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.9091° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.646 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23 km SSW of Kerbakhiar, Azerbaijan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-20 23:01:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-21 23:20:08 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 340 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 45 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.62 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 52 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 us7000p0hz Id of event.
Event Code 7000p0hz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000p0hz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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