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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia


Earthquake location 52.7945S, 160.8672WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 153 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia (95 miles) on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude 160.8672 East, latitude 52.7945 North, depth = 34.936 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:09:39 / 7:09 am (local time epicenter). 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: us7000n8y3. Id of event: us7000n8y3. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34.936 km (22 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/08/24 / 2024-08-23 07:09:39 / August 23, 2024 @ 7:09 am.

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 153 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 160.8672° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.7945° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.936 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 153 km ESE 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 2024-08-23 07:09:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-23 07:27:37 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 369 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 74 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.362 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 117 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 us7000n8y3 Id of event.
Event Code 7000n8y3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n8y3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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