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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Kuril’sk in Russia


Earthquake location 46.4234S, 150.0015WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 211 km NE of Kuril’sk, Russia (131 miles). Exact location of event, depth 11.017 km, 150.0015° East, 46.4234° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/09/24 / 2024-09-19 22:05:40 / September 19, 2024 @ 10:05 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 22:05:40 / 10:05 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.017 km (7 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000ntw1. Event ids that are associated: us6000ntw1.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 211 km NE of Kuril’sk, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 150.0015° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 46.4234° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.017 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 211 km NE of Kuril’sk, 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 22:05:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-23 22:36:51 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 284 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 51 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.011 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 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 us6000ntw1 Id of event.
Event Code 6000ntw1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ntw1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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