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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Bilajer in Azerbaijan

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Bilajer in Azerbaijan. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:14:17 / 8:14 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/12/24 / 2024-12-29 20:14:17 / December 29, 2024 @ 8:14 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pgc4. Unique identifier: us6000pgc4. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 50.2267° East, 41.007° North, depth 10 km.

Nearby country/countries, Azerbaijan (c. 8 304 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kyzyl-Burun, Lökbatan, Badamdar (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Baku (c. 1 116 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Sumqayıt (c. 265 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Qaraçuxur (c. 73 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Bakıxanov (c. 66 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Bilajari (c. 42 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Maştağa (c. 40 100 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 was reported nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 51 km NNE of Bilajer, Azerbaijan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	50.2267° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	41.007° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	51 km NNE of Bilajer, Azerbaijan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-29 20:14:17	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-29 20:54:58	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	298	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	58	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.839	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.82 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	81	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	us6000pgc4	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pgc4	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pgc4,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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