A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy in Russia. Event id: us2000j02g. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j02g. The temblor was detected at 05:57:46 / 5:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.6632 East, latitude 53.389 North, depth = 72.88 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/01/19 / 2019-01-03 17:57:46 / January 3, 2019 @ 5:57 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 72.88 km (45 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vilyuchinsk, Yelizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 77 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia.
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