Moderate earthquake, 5.9 mag has occurred near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. Event id: us7000nh82. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nh82. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 33.302 km, 159.9793° East, 53.0072° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.302 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/09/24 / 2024-09-30 12:21:58 / September 30, 2024 @ 12:21 pm UTC/GMT. The 5.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:21:58 / 12:21 pm (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 109 km (67 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 90 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	159.9793° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	53.0072° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	33.302 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	90 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-09-30 12:21:58	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-30 12:41:24	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	5.007	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	536	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	112	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.38	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.95 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	76	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000nh82	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nh82	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nh82,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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