A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Gogaran in Armenia on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/03/25 / 2025-03-08 05:26:59 / March 8, 2025 @ 5:26 am. The temblor was picked up at 05:26:59 / 5:26 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.523 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 44.246 East, latitude 40.913 North, depth = 9.523 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pxla. Unique identifier: us6000pxla. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rust’avi, Metsamor, Gardabani (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Yerevan (c. 1 093 500 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Gyumri (c. 148 400 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Vanadzor (c. 101 100 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Rust’avi (c. 50 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Ejmiatsin (c. 49 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Hrazdan (c. 40 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Armenia (c. 2 968 000 pop), Georgia (c. 4 630 000 pop).
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. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km ENE of Gogaran, Armenia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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