A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Yelizovo in Russia. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/05/20 / 2020-05-04 09:55:38 / May 4, 2020 @ 9:55 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 21:55:38 / 9:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 157.6644° East, latitude 53.3801° North, depth = 173.11 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 173.11 km (108 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us700099qg. Unique identifier: us700099qg.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Vilyuchinsk, Yelizovo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 52 km WNW of Yelizovo, Russia.
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