A 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.
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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. 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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