A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 113 kilometers (70 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. The temblor was picked up at 23:30:34 / 11:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 160.2708° East, 52.8265° North, depth 27.818 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.818 km (17 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n8ki. Id of event: us7000n8ki. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/08/24 / 2024-08-21 23:30:34 / August 21, 2024 @ 11:30 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 111 km (69 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 113 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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