M4.3 earthquake 16 km SW of Metsavan, Armenia
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 16 km SW of Metsavan, Armenia on Sat, May 14, 2022, 9:14 PM GMT+4 (17:14 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 21 km WSW of Metsavan, Armenia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-05-14 17:14:07 UTC
- Depth
- 12.4 km (7.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.112° N, 44.065° E
- Region
- Armenia
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique reverse
- Moment magnitude
- 4.3 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 111°, dip 42°, rake 47°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 342°, dip 61°, rake 122°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.3 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 33°
- Stations used
- 99
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.24 km SW of Bak’urianis Andezit’i, Georgia · 1586 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.721 km WSW of Metsavan, Armenia · 1535 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 12
- 4.224 km W of Metsavan, Armenia · 1535 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 3
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000hl5q. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:24 PM UTC.