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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Klyuchi in Russia


Earthquake location 55.7366S, 161.3732WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Klyuchi in Russia on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 105.305 km (65 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:56:27 / 11:56 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000negt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000negt. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 105.305 km, 161.3732° East, 55.7366° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/09/24 / 2024-09-17 11:56:27 / September 17, 2024 @ 11:56 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Klyuchi (c. 10 000 pop). Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Klyuchi.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 72 km SSE of Klyuchi, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 161.3732° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 55.7366° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 105.305 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 72 km SSE of Klyuchi, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-17 11:56:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-17 12:32:12 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 354 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 134 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.151 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 93 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 us7000negt Id of event.
Event Code 7000negt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000negt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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