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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Korsakov in Russia


Earthquake location 46.6317S, 143.9236WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Korsakov in Russia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.9236 East, latitude 46.6317 North, depth = 386.74 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:57:53 / 4:57 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 386.74 km (240 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/09/19 / 2019-09-01 18:57:53 / September 1, 2019 @ 6:57 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us70005b0j. Event ids that are associated: us70005b0j.

Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 88 km (54 miles) from Korsakov (c. 35 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Korsakov (min 5000 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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 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: 87 km E of Korsakov, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 143.9236° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 46.6317° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 386.74 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 87km E of Korsakov, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-09-01 18:57:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-09-01 19:38:01 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 259 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 0.863 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 133 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 us70005b0j Id of event.
Event Code 70005b0j An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70005b0j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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