A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 60.358 km (38 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 159.8107 East, latitude 53.0954 North, depth = 60.358 km. The temblor was picked up at 04:20:28 / 4:20 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/08/24 / 2024-08-20 04:20:28 / August 20, 2024 @ 4:20 am. Unique identifier: us7000ndaz. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000ndaz.
Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days thirty-six, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 79 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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