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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Ozernovskiy in Russia


Earthquake location 51.747S, 158.3092WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 127 km ENE of Ozernovskiy, Russia (79 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 87.48 km (54 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us700038jt. Event ids that are associated: us700038jt. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 158.3092 East, latitude 51.747 North, depth = 87.48 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/04/19 / 2019-04-12 03:06:47 / April 12, 2019 @ 3:06 am. The temblor was picked up at 15:06:47 / 3:06 pm (local time epicenter).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 127 km ENE of Ozernovskiy, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 158.3092° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.747° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 87.48 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 127km ENE of Ozernovskiy, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-04-12 03:06:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-04-24 22:50:43 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 720 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 1.295 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 202 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 us700038jt Id of event.
Event Code 700038jt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us700038jt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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