Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Gunib in Russia

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Gunib in Russia. Exact location of earthquake, 47.006° East, 42.3076° North, depth 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/03/25 / 2025-03-11 06:30:53 / March 11, 2025 @ 6:30 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000py39. Id of event: us6000py39. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:30:53 / 6:30 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Makhachkala (c. 498 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Kaspiysk (c. 81 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Buynaksk (c. 62 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Izberbash (c. 42 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Zaqatala (c. 18 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Leninkent (c. 13 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Azerbaijan (c. 8 304 000 pop), Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mamedkala, Dylym, Gedzhukh (min 5000 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 has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 9 km SSE of Gunib, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	47.006° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	42.3076° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9 km SSE of Gunib, Russia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-03-11 06:30:53	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-25 13:42:30	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	284	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	33	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.004	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.68 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	89	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	us6000py39	Id of event.
Event Code	6000py39	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000py39,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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