A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/09/24 / 2024-09-21 18:23:38 / September 21, 2024 @ 6:23 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.5593 East, latitude 53.1676 North, depth = 75.219 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ng6d. Id of event: us7000ng6d. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 75.219 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:23:38 / 6:23 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 62 km (39 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vilyuchinsk, Yelizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 63 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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