Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Vilyuchinsk in Russia

A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Vilyuchinsk in Russia. The temblor was reported at 03:37:34 / 3:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/05/24 / 2024-05-11 03:37:34 / May 11, 2024 @ 3:37 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 158.9261 East, latitude 52.6077 North, depth = 78.701 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 78.701 km (49 miles). Event id: us6000mxwx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mxwx. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Vilyuchinsk (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 50 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	158.9261° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	52.6077° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	78.701 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	50 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-05-11 03:37:34	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-11 03:59:48	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	48	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.449	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.92 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	130	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	us6000mxwx	Id of event.
Event Code	6000mxwx	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000mxwx,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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