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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Sheregesh in Russia


Earthquake location 52.9619S, 88.1627WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Sheregesh in Russia on Thursday. Global time and date of event 19/09/24 / 2024-09-19 17:01:27 / September 19, 2024 @ 5:01 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 17:01:27 / 5:01 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nt3c. Unique identifier: us6000nt3c. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 88.1627° East, latitude 52.9619° North, depth = 10.072 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.072 km (6 miles).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tayzhina, Osinniki, Kaltan (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Mezhdurechensk (c. 101 000 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Osinniki (c. 48 900 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Myski (c. 44 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Kaltan (c. 25 900 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Tashtagol (c. 22 800 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Sheregesh (c. 10 100 pop). Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

Questions or comments?

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: 12 km ENE of Sheregesh, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 88.1627° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.9619° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.072 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12 km ENE of Sheregesh, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-19 17:01:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-19 17:43:03 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 298 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 28 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.23 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 96 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 us6000nt3c Id of event.
Event Code 6000nt3c An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nt3c, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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