A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Paratunka in Russia on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007dzc. Id of event: us10007dzc. The temblor was reported at 17:16:27 / 5:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 157.7855 East, latitude 52.4448 North, depth = 118.83 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 118.83 km (74 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/12/16 / 2016-12-01 05:16:27 / December 1, 2016 @ 5:16 am.
The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Vilyuchinsk.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 63 km SSW of Paratunka, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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