A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 178 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia (111 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000ng99. Event ids that are associated: us7000ng99. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:18:08 / 11:18 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 33 km (21 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 160.4824 East, latitude 51.9293 North, depth = 33 km. Global time and date of event 16/09/24 / 2024-09-16 11:18:08 / September 16, 2024 @ 11:18 am UTC/GMT.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 178 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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