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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Zavetnoye in Ukraine


Earthquake location 44.6836S, 36.5758WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Zavetnoye in Ukraine. Global time and date of event 12/01/25 / 2025-01-12 14:49:09 / January 12, 2025 @ 2:49 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 14:49:09 / 2:49 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.642 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 36.5758° East, latitude 44.6836° North, depth = 44.642 km. Id of earthquake: us6000pjk1. Event ids that are associated: us6000pjk1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Kerch (c. 152 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Anapa (c. 53 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Temryuk (c. 36 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Anapskaya (c. 14 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Starotitarovskaya (c. 12 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Taman’ (c. 9 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lenine, Myskhako, Temryuk (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop), Ukraine (c. 45 416 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 50 km SSE of Zavetnoye, Ukraine.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 36.5758° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 44.6836° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 44.642 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 50 km SSE of Zavetnoye, Ukraine Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-12 14:49:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-12 15:11:49 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 42 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.306 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.29 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 74 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 us6000pjk1 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pjk1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pjk1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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