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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Yelizovo in Russia


Earthquake location 53.7975S, 158.8514WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Yelizovo in Russia on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 04:43:14 / 4:43 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/12/24 / 2024-12-26 04:43:14 / December 26, 2024 @ 4:43 am. Id of earthquake: us6000pilg. Event ids that are associated: us6000pilg. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 144.516 km (90 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 158.8514° East, 53.7975° North, depth 144.516 km.

Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Yelizovo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 five and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 74 km NNE of Yelizovo, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 158.8514° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.7975° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 144.516 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 74 km NNE of Yelizovo, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-26 04:43:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-09 02:28:44 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 259 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 33 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.785 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 117 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 us6000pilg Id of event.
Event Code 6000pilg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pilg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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