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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia


Earthquake location 53.3453S, 160.2027WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 109 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia (68 miles) on Friday. Unique identifier: us6000ng8w. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000ng8w. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 52.47 km (33 miles). Global time and date of event 26/07/24 / 2024-07-26 20:48:05 / July 26, 2024 @ 8:48 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:48:05 / 8:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 160.2027° East, latitude 53.3453° North, depth = 52.47 km.

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 109 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 160.2027° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.3453° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 52.47 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 109 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-26 20:48:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-26 22:19:31 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 284 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 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.989 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 167 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 us6000ng8w Id of event.
Event Code 6000ng8w An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ng8w, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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