A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Paratunka in Russia. Exact location of event, longitude 157.7799 East, latitude 53.0831 North, depth = 141.84 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:46:04 / 6:46 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000ewqq. Event ids that are associated: us1000ewqq. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/06/18 / 2018-06-20 18:46:04 / June 20, 2018 @ 6:46 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 141.84 km (88 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Vilyuchinsk, Yelizovo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 33 km WNW of Paratunka, Russia.
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