Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/11/24 / 2024-11-16 13:47:36 / November 16, 2024 @ 1:47 pm. The temblor was detected at 13:47:36 / 1:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 159.7802 East, latitude 53.208 North, depth = 60.216 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 60.216 km (37 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000ns62. Event ids that are associated: us7000ns62.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 78 km (48 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vilyuchinsk, Yelizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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 four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 78 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	159.7802° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	53.208° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	60.216 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	78 km ENE 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	2024-11-16 13:47:36	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-16 14:03:47	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	400	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	88	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.706	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.92 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	77	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	us7000ns62	Id of event.
Event Code	7000ns62	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000ns62,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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