Strong earthquake, 6.6 mag strikes near Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy in Russia

A earthquake magnitude 6.6 (ml/mb) strikes 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy in Russia on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 162.734 East, latitude 56.9205 North, depth = 22.83 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/03/17 / 2017-03-29 04:09:24 / March 29, 2017 @ 4:09 am. The temblor was reported at 16:09:24 / 4:09 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy in Russia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.83 km (14 miles). Id of earthquake: us20008vhl. Event ids that are associated: pt17088050, at00onk67q, us20008vhl.

Epicenter of the event was 133 km (83 miles) from Klyuchi (c. 10 000 pop). Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Klyuchi (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 135 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 one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 78 km NNE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Klyuchi Russia Ust'-Kamchatsk Staryy

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	162.734° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	56.9205° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	22.83 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	78km NNE of Ust'-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-03-29 04:09:24	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-03-29 04:25:33	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	720	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	6.55	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	1	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	670	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	,pt,at,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	4.559	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.92 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	21	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us20008vhl	Id of event.
Event Code	20008vhl	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt17088050,at00onk67q,us20008vhl,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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