A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy in Russia on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/08/16 / 2016-08-10 16:51:45 / August 10, 2016 @ 4:51 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10006dc7. Unique identifier: us10006dc7. Exact location, longitude 159.3118° East, latitude 52.7877° North, depth = 63.2 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 63.2 km (39 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:51:45 / 3:51 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 53 km (33 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 53 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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