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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Shikotan in Russia


Earthquake location 44.0597S, 147.7363WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 86 km ENE of Shikotan, Russia (53 miles) on Tuesday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:08:35 / 3:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 147.7363 East, latitude 44.0597 North, depth = 55.134 km. Global time and date of event 16/07/24 / 2024-07-16 03:08:35 / July 16, 2024 @ 3:08 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000mzh5. Event ids that are associated: us7000mzh5. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.134 km (34 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 86 km ENE of Shikotan, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 147.7363° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 44.0597° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 55.134 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 86 km ENE of Shikotan, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-16 03:08:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-17 01:36:57 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 29 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.706 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 153 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 us7000mzh5 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mzh5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mzh5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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