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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy in Russia


Earthquake location 56.9758S, 162.8581WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 86 km NNE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia (53 miles). Exact location of event, depth 37.1 km, 162.8581° East, 56.9758° North. Global time and date of event 11/03/21 / 2021-03-11 15:27:45 / March 11, 2021 @ 3:27 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 15:27:45 / 3:27 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 37.1 km (23 miles). Event id: us7000di5x. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000di5x.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 86 km NNE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 162.8581° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 56.9758° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 37.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 86 km NNE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-03-11 15:27:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-03-11 17:13:46 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 326 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 4.642 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 71 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 us7000di5x Id of event.
Event Code 7000di5x An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000di5x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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