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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia


Earthquake location 53.2381S, 159.4635WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Friday. Event id: us7000nv0p. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nv0p. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/11/24 / 2024-11-29 22:29:18 / November 29, 2024 @ 10:29 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.4635 East, latitude 53.2381 North, depth = 110.032 km. The temblor was detected at 22:29:18 / 10:29 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 110.032 km (68 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 58 km (36 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vilyuchinsk, Yelizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 59 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 159.4635° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.2381° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 110.032 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59 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 2024-11-29 22:29:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-30 02:36:18 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 284 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 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.535 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 167 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 us7000nv0p Id of event.
Event Code 7000nv0p An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nv0p, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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