A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:50:15 / 5:50 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 65.793 km (41 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000ngki. Unique identifier: us7000ngki. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 65.793 km, 159.7415° East, 53.1031° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/09/24 / 2024-09-22 05:50:15 / September 22, 2024 @ 5:50 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vilyuchinsk, Yelizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 73 km (45 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 74 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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