Major earthquake: M7 quake has struck near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia

A major earthquake magnitude 7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. The 7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:10:28 / 7:10 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.576 km (31 miles). Event id: us7000n7n8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt24230000, at00sidmlg, us7000n7n8, ak024akozr4g. Exact location of earthquake, 159.9659° East, 52.9491° North, depth 49.576 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/08/24 / 2024-08-17 19:10:28 / August 17, 2024 @ 7:10 pm.

Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 15 major earthquakes in the world each year. 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 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: 90 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Russia Vilyuchinsk Yelizovo

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	159.9659° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	52.9491° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	49.576 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	90 km E 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 19:10:28	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-17 19:29:56	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	754	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	,pt,at,us,ak,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	144	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.799	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.66 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	63	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000n7n8	Id of event.
Event Code	7000n7n8	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt24230000,at00sidmlg,us7000n7n8,ak024akozr4g,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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