Major earthquake 7 mag, 99 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia

A major earthquake magnitude 7 (ml/mb) strikes 99 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia (62 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude 148.9 East, latitude 44.7 North, depth = 163 km. Event id: at00q5myo9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00q5myo9. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 163 km (101 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/02/20 / 2020-02-13 10:33:45 / February 13, 2020 @ 10:33 am. The 7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:33:45 / 8:33 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Kuril’sk in Russia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 15 major earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 99 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	148.9° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	44.7° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	163 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	99km SE of Kuril'sk, Russia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-02-13 10:33:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-02-13 10:43:48	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	1	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	754	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	at	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,at,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	78	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	4.38827	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.17 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	50.399995968	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	Mi	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	at00q5myo9	Id of event.
Event Code	00q5myo9	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,at00q5myo9,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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