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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Gostagayevskaya in Russia

Posted by admin on April 25, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 44.9744S, 37.5767WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Gostagayevskaya in Russia. Exact location of event, longitude 37.5767 East, latitude 44.9744 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/04/18 / 2018-04-24 20:47:37 / April 24, 2018 @ 8:47 pm. The temblor was detected at 23:47:37 / 11:47 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000drk0. Id of event: us1000drk0.

Event epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Novorossiysk (c. 241 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Slavyansk-na-Kubani (c. 65 200 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Krymsk (c. 57 600 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Anapa (c. 53 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Gelendzhik (c. 50 700 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Temryuk (c. 36 500 pop). Nearby 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 Grivenskaya, Severskaya, Novomyshastovskaya.

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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 7 km SE of Gostagayevskaya, Russia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 37.5767° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 44.9744° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7km SE of Gostagayevskaya, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-04-24 20:47:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-25 16:46:58 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 180 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 271 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 3.797 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.47 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 39 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 us1000drk0 Id of event.
Event Code 1000drk0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000drk0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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