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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag has occurred near Vostok in Russia


Earthquake location 46.4348S, 136.1263WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 23 km E of Vostok, Russia (14 miles) on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 407.432 km (253 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 136.1263 East, latitude 46.4348 North, depth = 407.432 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 15:09:02 / 3:09 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000p6j0. Event ids that are associated: us6000p6j0. Global time and date of event 20/11/24 / 2024-11-20 15:09:02 / November 20, 2024 @ 3:09 pm UTC/GMT.

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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: 23 km E of Vostok, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 136.1263° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 46.4348° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 407.432 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23 km E of Vostok, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-20 15:09:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-20 15:27:34 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 130 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.676 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 23 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 us6000p6j0 Id of event.
Event Code 6000p6j0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000p6j0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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