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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia


Earthquake location 52.7603S, 159.0607WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:01:03 / 2:01 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 113.363 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 159.0607° East, latitude 52.7603° North, depth = 113.363 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/06/24 / 2024-06-21 14:01:03 / June 21, 2024 @ 2:01 pm. Unique identifier: us7000mtsq. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mtsq.

Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).

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 three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

Questions or comments?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 44 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 159.0607° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.7603° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 113.363 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-21 14:01:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-21 16:26:53 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 259 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.362 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 147 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 us7000mtsq Id of event.
Event Code 7000mtsq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mtsq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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