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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Birobidzhan in Russia


Earthquake location 48.4705S, 132.7891WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Birobidzhan in Russia. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:46:43 / 6:46 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/06/24 / 2024-06-18 18:46:43 / June 18, 2024 @ 6:46 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n8gf. Id of event: us6000n8gf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 132.7891° East, 48.4705° North.

The epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Birobidzhan (c. 76 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Leninskoye (c. 6 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Smidovich (c. 5 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Smidovich, Leninskoye, Birobidzhan.

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 one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 37 km SSW of Birobidzhan, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 132.7891° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 48.4705° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37 km SSW of Birobidzhan, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-18 18:46:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-27 21:25:00 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 271 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 1.024 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 136 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 us6000n8gf Id of event.
Event Code 6000n8gf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n8gf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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