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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near the Kuril Islands


Earthquake location 48.3448S, 148.988WA 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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More information

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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