Major earthquake, 7.4 mag was detected near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia

A major earthquake magnitude 7.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 107 kilometers (66 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/08/24 / 2024-08-17 19:10:29 / August 17, 2024 @ 7:10 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44 km (27 miles). Event id: at00sidmlg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt24230000, at00sidmlg, ak024akozr4g. A tsunami warning has been issued near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 7.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:10:29 / 7:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 160.1° East, 52.7° North, depth 44 km.

Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Event epicenter was 105 km (65 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 127 km (79 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 117 km (73 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 15 major earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 107 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Russia Vilyuchinsk Yelizovo

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	7.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	160.1° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	52.7° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	44 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	107 km ESE 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	2024-08-17 19:10:29	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-17 19:20:41	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	2.512	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	1	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	842	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	at	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pt,at,ak,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	97	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.06 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	107.99999136	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	Mi	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	at00sidmlg	Id of event.
Event Code	00sidmlg	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt24230000,at00sidmlg,ak024akozr4g,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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