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Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near in Azerbaijan

Posted by admin on June 12, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 38.6939S, 49.4097WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from in Azerbaijan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 49.4097 East, latitude 38.6939 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/06/16 / 2016-06-12 16:48:37 / June 12, 2016 @ 4:48 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:48:37 / 7:48 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200063yv. Id of event: us200063yv.

Earthquake epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Lankaran (c. 240 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Āstārā (c. 39 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Neftçala (c. 18 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Astara (c. 15 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Prishibinskoye (c. 13 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Masally (c. 9 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Azerbaijan (c. 8 304 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lerik, Prishibinskoye, Severo-Vostotchnyi Bank (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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 49 km E of , Azerbaijan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 49.4097° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.6939° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 49km E of , Azerbaijan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-06-12 16:48:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-12 18:25:31 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 246 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.896 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 133 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 us200063yv Id of event.
Event Code 200063yv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200063yv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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