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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Kuril’sk in Russia


Earthquake location 46.1017S, 149.4085WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 153 km NE of Kuril’sk, Russia (95 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/09/24 / 2024-09-21 02:20:28 / September 21, 2024 @ 2:20 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 178.081 km (111 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000ng5u. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ng5u. Exact location of event, depth 178.081 km, 149.4085° East, 46.1017° North. The temblor was reported at 02:20:28 / 2:20 am (local time epicenter).

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

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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: 153 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 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 149.4085° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 46.1017° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 178.081 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 153 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 2024-09-21 02:20:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-26 02:33:57 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 271 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 70 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.215 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 136 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 us7000ng5u Id of event.
Event Code 7000ng5u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ng5u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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