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Light earthquake 4.7 mag, 59 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia

Posted by admin on August 10, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 52.846S, 159.4724WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy in Russia on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65.97 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/08/16 / 2016-08-10 12:17:26 / August 10, 2016 @ 12:17 pm. Event id: us10006cl5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006cl5. Exact location of event, longitude 159.4724 East, latitude 52.846 North, depth = 65.97 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:17:26 / 11:17 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 59 km (37 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 59 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 159.4724° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.846° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 65.97 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-08-10 12:17:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-08-10 12:52:01 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 340 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 0.528 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 119 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 us10006cl5 Id of event.
Event Code 10006cl5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10006cl5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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