A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/08/24 / 2024-08-18 00:25:14 / August 18, 2024 @ 12:25 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 00:25:14 / 12:25 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000nd3k. Event ids that are associated: us7000nd3k. Exact location of event, longitude 159.5153 East, latitude 52.9088 North, depth = 65.173 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 65.173 km (40 miles).
Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-one, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 62 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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