Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near the Kuril Islands

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, northwest of the Kuril Islands (0 miles). The temblor was reported at 14:45:30 / 2:45 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000new1. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000new1. Global time and date of event 23/07/24 / 2024-07-23 14:45:30 / July 23, 2024 @ 2:45 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 390.306 km, 148.988° East, 48.3448° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 390.306 km (243 miles).

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 was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: northwest of the Kuril Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	148.988° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	48.3448° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	390.306 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	northwest of the Kuril Islands	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-07-23 14:45:30	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-23 15:04:38	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	326	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	167	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	4.431	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.78 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	85	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	us6000new1	Id of event.
Event Code	6000new1	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000new1,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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