A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58.008 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/08/24 / 2024-08-17 23:33:18 / August 17, 2024 @ 11:33 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000ncv6. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000ncv6. The temblor was detected at 23:33:18 / 11:33 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.9211 East, latitude 52.9839 North, depth = 58.008 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days fourty 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
How would you describe the shaking?
Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 87 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2024 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply