Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Severomuysk in Russia

A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Severomuysk in Russia on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us7000nn57. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nn57. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/10/24 / 2024-10-06 23:39:03 / October 6, 2024 @ 11:39 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 113.8841 East, latitude 56.0443 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 23:39:03 / 11:39 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taksimo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Taksimo (c. 10 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 30 km ESE of Severomuysk, Russia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	113.8841° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	56.0443° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	30 km ESE of Severomuysk, Russia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-10-06 23:39:03	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-31 05:34:24	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		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	271	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	18	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	16.528	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.57 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	78	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000nn57	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nn57	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nn57,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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