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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Ozernovskiy in Russia


Earthquake location 51.2963S, 157.8763WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 98 km ESE of Ozernovskiy, Russia (61 miles) on Wednesday. Id of earthquake: us7000n8j1. Event ids that are associated: us7000n8j1. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 64.414 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:45:38 / 5:45 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/08/24 / 2024-08-21 17:45:38 / August 21, 2024 @ 5:45 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 157.8763 East, latitude 51.2963 North, depth = 64.414 km.

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 98 km ESE of Ozernovskiy, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 157.8763° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.2963° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 64.414 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 98 km ESE of Ozernovskiy, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-21 17:45:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-21 20:12:30 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 312 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 43 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.794 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 137 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 us7000n8j1 Id of event.
Event Code 7000n8j1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n8j1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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