A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. Event id: us7000n7pv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n7pv. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65.591 km (41 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/08/24 / 2024-08-18 00:16:26 / August 18, 2024 @ 12:16 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 159.6908° East, latitude 53.0579° North, depth = 65.591 km. The temblor was picked up at 00:16:26 / 12:16 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (43 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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