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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia


Earthquake location 52.8273S, 160.8422WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 151 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia (94 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000n93q. Unique identifier: us7000n93q. Global time and date of event 23/08/24 / 2024-08-23 21:37:45 / August 23, 2024 @ 9:37 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 160.8422 East, latitude 52.8273 North, depth = 27.141 km. The temblor was reported at 21:37:45 / 9:37 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27.141 km (17 miles).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 151 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 160.8422° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.8273° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 27.141 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 151 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 2024-08-23 21:37:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-23 21:53:49 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 100 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.342 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 115 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 us7000n93q Id of event.
Event Code 7000n93q An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n93q, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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