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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Shikotan in Russia


Earthquake location 44.0283S, 146.4285WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Shikotan in Russia. Exact location of earthquake, 146.4285° East, 44.0283° North, depth 98.241 km. The temblor was detected at 15:57:17 / 3:57 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000n7ft. Event ids that are associated: us7000n7ft. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 98.241 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/08/24 / 2024-08-16 15:57:17 / August 16, 2024 @ 3:57 pm.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 45 km (28 miles) from Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (c. 6 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eleven 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 34 km NW of Shikotan, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 146.4285° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 44.0283° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 98.241 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34 km NW 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 2024-08-16 15:57:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-16 16:57:51 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 312 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 41 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.766 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 134 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 us7000n7ft Id of event.
Event Code 7000n7ft An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n7ft, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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