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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Shikotan in Russia


Earthquake location 44.0041S, 148.0511WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 109 km ENE of Shikotan, Russia (68 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000cbbv. Event ids that are associated: us6000cbbv. Exact location of event, longitude 148.0511 East, latitude 44.0041 North, depth = 68.52 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:33:41 / 12:33 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/10/20 / 2020-10-17 12:33:41 / October 17, 2020 @ 12:33 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 68.52 km (43 miles).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 109 km ENE of Shikotan, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 148.0511° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 44.0041° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 68.52 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 109 km ENE of Shikotan, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-17 12:33:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-14 09:49:22 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 312 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 3.935 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 184 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 us6000cbbv Id of event.
Event Code 6000cbbv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000cbbv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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