M4.0 earthquake 22 km WSW of Metsavan, Armenia
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 22 km WSW of Metsavan, Armenia on Wed, Mar 23, 2022, 9:10 PM GMT+4 (17:10 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 17 km SW 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
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-03-23 17:10:33 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.162° N, 43.967° 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.3 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 52°
- Stations used
- 24
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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000gwkp. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:17 PM UTC.