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Moderate earthquake: M5.2 quake has struck near Paratunka in Russia


Earthquake location 52.2879S, 157.6296WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 157.6296° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.2879° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 121.445 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 86 km SSW of Paratunka, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-27 00:47:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-27 01:02:38 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 416 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 103 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.823 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 43 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000n16q Id of event.
Event Code 6000n16q An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n16q, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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