A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Yelizovo in Russia on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/05/16 / 2016-05-27 14:41:44 / May 27, 2016 @ 2:41 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 123.34 km (77 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005zna. Id of event: us20005zna. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:41:44 / 2:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 158.9631 East, latitude 53.5784 North, depth = 123.34 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Yelizovo.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 58 km NE of Yelizovo, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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