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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Kuril’sk in Russia


Earthquake location 45.8713S, 150.6089WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 224 km ENE of Kuril’sk, Russia (139 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/06/24 / 2024-06-18 00:52:38 / June 18, 2024 @ 12:52 am. Event id: us6000n8fl. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n8fl. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:52:38 / 12:52 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 88.615 km (55 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 150.6089° East, latitude 45.8713° North, depth = 88.615 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 224 km ENE of Kuril’sk, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 150.6089° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 45.8713° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 88.615 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 224 km ENE of Kuril’sk, 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 00:52:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-15 04:30:28 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.948 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.39 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 178 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 us6000n8fl Id of event.
Event Code 6000n8fl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n8fl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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