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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Severo-Kuril’sk in Russia


Earthquake location 49.721S, 155.618WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 112 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (70 miles) on Sunday. Global time and date of event 20/09/20 / 2020-09-20 22:45:46 / September 20, 2020 @ 10:45 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 66.46 km (41 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000c0mh. Unique identifier: us6000c0mh. Exact location, longitude 155.618° East, latitude 49.721° North, depth = 66.46 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 22:45:46 / 10:45 pm (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-three 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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 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: 112 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 155.618° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 49.721° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 66.46 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 112 km SSW of Severo-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 2020-09-20 22:45:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-07 23:20:22 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 271 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 3.633 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.35 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 138 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 us6000c0mh Id of event.
Event Code 6000c0mh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000c0mh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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