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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia


Earthquake location 53.104S, 160.0319WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 36.024 km (22 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:37:41 / 7:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/08/24 / 2024-08-17 19:37:41 / August 17, 2024 @ 7:37 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 160.0319 East, latitude 53.104 North, depth = 36.024 km. 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: us7000ncuy. Id of event: us7000ncuy.

Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days fourty 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 94 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 160.0319° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.104° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 36.024 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 94 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 2024-08-17 19:37:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-11 02:38:31 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 326 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 57 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.838 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 121 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 us7000ncuy Id of event.
Event Code 7000ncuy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ncuy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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