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Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Shakhtersk in Russia

Posted by admin on September 8, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 49.0431S, 142.38WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Shakhtersk in Russia. Exact location, longitude 142.38° East, latitude 49.0431° North, depth = 616.509 km. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:19:35 / 6:19 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 14/08/24 / 2024-08-14 18:19:35 / August 14, 2024 @ 6:19 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 616.509 km (383 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000nq2v. Event ids that are associated: us6000nq2v.

Nearby country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Smirnykh, Poronaysk, Makarov (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Poronaysk (c. 16 700 pop), 23 km (15 miles) from Uglegorsk (c. 12 700 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Shakhtersk (c. 10 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Smirnykh (c. 7 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Makarov (c. 6 700 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 22 km SE of Shakhtersk, Russia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 142.38° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 49.0431° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 616.509 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22 km SE of Shakhtersk, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-14 18:19:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-08 17:08:19 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 58 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.072 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 104 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 us6000nq2v Id of event.
Event Code 6000nq2v An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nq2v, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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