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Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy in Russia


Earthquake location 55.1712S, 161.9324WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 122 km SSW of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia (76 miles) on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, 161.9324° East, 55.1712° North, depth 60.325 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 60.325 km (37 miles). The temblor was picked up at 21:17:56 / 9:17 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/08/24 / 2024-08-09 21:17:56 / August 9, 2024 @ 9:17 pm. Unique identifier: us6000np9x. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000np9x.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 three and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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 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: 122 km SSW of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 161.9324° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 55.1712° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 60.325 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 122 km SSW of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-09 21:17:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-03 04:31:28 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 246 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 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.892 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.52 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 us6000np9x Id of event.
Event Code 6000np9x An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000np9x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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