A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 07:53:57 / 7:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/09/24 / 2024-09-04 07:53:57 / September 4, 2024 @ 7:53 am. Exact location of earthquake, 159.8047° East, 53.1216° North, depth 65.273 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65.273 km (41 miles). Event id: us6000nplx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nplx.
The epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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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