A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 105 kilometers (65 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Saturday. Id of earthquake: us7000n7n9. Event ids that are associated: us7000n7n9. Exact location of event, longitude 160.1884 East, latitude 52.9896 North, depth = 35 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/08/24 / 2024-08-17 19:39:59 / August 17, 2024 @ 7:39 pm. The temblor was detected at 19:39:59 / 7:39 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
Event epicenter was 103 km (64 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 105 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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