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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Vostok in Russia


Earthquake location 47.3394S, 152.0332WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 291 km SE of Vostok, Russia (181 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude 152.0332 East, latitude 47.3394 North, depth = 142.39 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/12/18 / 2018-12-22 10:45:14 / December 22, 2018 @ 10:45 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 142.39 km (88 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us2000iwa5. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000iwa5. The temblor was reported at 20:45:14 / 8:45 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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 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: 291 km SE of Vostok, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 152.0332° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 47.3394° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 142.39 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 291km SE of Vostok, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-12-22 10:45:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-22 13:40:15 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 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 6.821 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 191 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 us2000iwa5 Id of event.
Event Code 2000iwa5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000iwa5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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