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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia

Posted by admin on August 18, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 52.9206S, 159.9422WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/08/24 / 2024-08-18 10:28:58 / August 18, 2024 @ 10:28 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 10:28:58 / 10:28 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000n7s1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n7s1. Exact location of event, longitude 159.9422 East, latitude 52.9206 North, depth = 53.776 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 53.776 km (33 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (54 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 89 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 159.9422° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.9206° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 53.776 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 89 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 2024-08-18 10:28:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-18 12:36:09 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 298 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 34 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.788 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 147 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 us7000n7s1 Id of event.
Event Code 7000n7s1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n7s1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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