Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Korsakov in Russia

A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Korsakov in Russia. Unique identifier: us7000ns6r. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000ns6r. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 344.356 km (214 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:03:38 / 6:03 pm (local time epicenter). 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: 16/11/24 / 2024-11-16 18:03:38 / November 16, 2024 @ 6:03 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 143.0087° East, 46.1838° North, depth 344.356 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Aniva, Korsakov (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (c. 176 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Korsakov (c. 35 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Aniva (c. 8 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 53 km SSE of Korsakov, Russia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	143.0087° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	46.1838° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	344.356 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	53 km SSE of Korsakov, 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 18:03:38	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-19 19:06:26	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	167	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.794	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.62 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	113	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	us7000ns6r	Id of event.
Event Code	7000ns6r	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000ns6r,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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