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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy in Russia


Earthquake location 52.8444S, 160.9488WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 156 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia (97 miles) on Monday. The epicenter was at a depth of 27.72 km (17 miles). The temblor was detected at 12:53:52 / 12:53 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000d38l. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000d38l. Global time and date of event 12/03/18 / 2018-03-12 01:53:52 / March 12, 2018 @ 1:53 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 160.9488 East, latitude 52.8444 North, depth = 27.72 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 156 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 160.9488° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.8444° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 27.72 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 156km E 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 2018-03-12 01:53:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-03-12 02:33:51 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 660 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 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 326 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 1.403 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 134 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 us1000d38l Id of event.
Event Code 1000d38l An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000d38l, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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