Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag has occurred near Zharkent in Kazakhstan

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Zharkent in Kazakhstan. Exact location of earthquake, 79.8569° East, 44.3248° North, depth 45.565 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nu3e. Unique identifier: us7000nu3e. 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 45.565 km (28 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/11/24 / 2024-11-25 18:42:17 / November 25, 2024 @ 6:42 pm. The temblor was detected at 18:42:17 / 6:42 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tekeli, Zharkent (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Zharkent (c. 34 400 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Tekeli (c. 26 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Kazakhstan (c. 15 340 000 pop).

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 has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 21 km NW of Zharkent, Kazakhstan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	79.8569° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	44.3248° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	45.565 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	21 km NW of Zharkent, Kazakhstan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-11-25 18:42:17	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-25 19:04:51	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.1	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	42	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.033	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.91 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	48	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	us7000nu3e	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nu3e	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nu3e,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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