A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy in Russia. Exact location of event, depth 54.48 km, 159.5925° East, 52.6622° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 54.48 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:38:17 / 6:38 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us600085xk. Unique identifier: us600085xk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/02/20 / 2020-02-28 07:38:17 / February 28, 2020 @ 7:38 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop).
Each 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 one and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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