A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Xızı in Azerbaijan. Event id: us6000r2sj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r2sj. The temblor was reported at 13:17:55 / 1:17 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.115 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/08/25 / 2025-08-21 13:17:55 / August 21, 2025 @ 1:17 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 49.2002 East, latitude 40.9614 North, depth = 41.115 km.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Amirdzhan, Bakıxanov, Ramana. Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Baku (c. 1 116 500 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Sumqayıt (c. 265 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Bakıxanov (c. 66 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Bilajari (c. 42 200 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Maştağa (c. 40 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Khirdalan (c. 37 900 pop). Close country/countries, Azerbaijan (c. 8 304 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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. 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: 12 km ENE of Xızı, Azerbaijan.

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