A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. Exact location, longitude 159.5061° East, latitude 52.9422° North, depth = 68.6 km. Unique identifier: us7000n9f7. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000n9f7. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 68.6 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/08/24 / 2024-08-26 01:32:03 / August 26, 2024 @ 1:32 am. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:32:03 / 1:32 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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. 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: 60 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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