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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Vostok in Russia


Earthquake location 46.9868S, 151.6131WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 295 km SE of Vostok, Russia (183 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 151.6131 East, latitude 46.9868 North, depth = 122.35 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/12/15 / 2015-12-19 00:13:53 / December 19, 2015 @ 12:13 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us10004892. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004892. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 122.35 km (76 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 11:13:53 / 11:13 am (local time epicenter).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 295 km SE of Vostok, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 151.6131° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 46.9868° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 122.35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 295km SE of Vostok, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-12-19 00:13:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-12-19 00:47:57 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 660 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 354 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 6.059 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 125 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 us10004892 Id of event.
Event Code 10004892 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10004892, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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