A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Paratunka in Russia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 157.6296° East, latitude 52.2879° North, depth = 121.445 km. Id of earthquake: us6000n16q. Event ids that are associated: us6000n16q. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 121.445 km (75 miles). The temblor was reported at 00:47:30 / 12:47 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/05/24 / 2024-05-27 00:47:30 / May 27, 2024 @ 12:47 am.
Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vilyuchinsk (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 86 km SSW of Paratunka, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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