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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Kuril’sk in Russia


Earthquake location 44.9377S, 149.7761WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 152 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia (94 miles) on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 149.7761 East, latitude 44.9377 North, depth = 57.07 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/07/24 / 2024-07-25 06:35:52 / July 25, 2024 @ 6:35 am. Unique identifier: us6000niw4. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000niw4. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 57.07 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:35:52 / 6:35 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 152 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 149.7761° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 44.9377° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 57.07 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 152 km ESE 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 2024-07-25 06:35:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-14 06:35:09 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 298 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 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.632 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.46 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 137 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 us6000niw4 Id of event.
Event Code 6000niw4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000niw4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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