A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Friday. Global time and date of event 08/11/24 / 2024-11-08 15:40:32 / November 8, 2024 @ 3:40 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000nqm2. Event ids that are associated: us7000nqm2. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 75.156 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:40:32 / 3:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 159.4657 East, latitude 53.1928 North, depth = 75.156 km.
Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vilyuchinsk, Yelizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 57 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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