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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia


Earthquake location 52.9896S, 160.1884WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 160.1884° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.9896° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 105 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 19:39:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-17 20:22:02 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 400 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 77 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.93 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 122 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 us7000n7n9 Id of event.
Event Code 7000n7n9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n7n9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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