A 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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