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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Ozernovskiy in Russia


Earthquake location 52.623S, 152.9482WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 274 km WNW of Ozernovskiy, Russia (170 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:30:24 / 10:30 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us60007dq8. Event ids that are associated: us60007dq8. 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 466.31 km (290 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/01/20 / 2020-01-10 12:30:24 / January 10, 2020 @ 12:30 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 152.9482 East, latitude 52.623 North, depth = 466.31 km.

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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 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: 274 km WNW of Ozernovskiy, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 152.9482° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.623° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 466.31 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 274km WNW 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 2020-01-10 12:30:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-08 14:03:23 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 2.92 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 117 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 us60007dq8 Id of event.
Event Code 60007dq8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60007dq8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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