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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia

Posted by admin on December 8, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 52.6988S, 159.8802WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/12/24 / 2024-12-08 00:20:15 / December 8, 2024 @ 12:20 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.8802 East, latitude 52.6988 North, depth = 56.262 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 56.262 km (35 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:20:15 / 12:20 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nwyz. Id of event: us7000nwyz.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 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 three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days seventy-four 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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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: 93 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 159.8802° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.6988° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 56.262 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 93 km ESE 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 2024-12-08 00:20:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-08 05:30:02 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 312 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 56 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.814 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 119 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 us7000nwyz Id of event.
Event Code 7000nwyz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nwyz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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