A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) strikes 102 kilometers (63 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy in Russia on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 36.01 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 36.01 km, 160.1626° East, 52.9484° North. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:32:23 / 4:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/18 / 2018-07-06 04:32:23 / July 6, 2018 @ 4:32 am. Event id: us2000fy0w. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000fy0w.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 102 km (63 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 102 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia.
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