A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 17:08:35 / 5:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/12/24 / 2024-12-21 17:08:35 / December 21, 2024 @ 5:08 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000phks. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000phks. Exact location of event, depth 74.054 km, 159.5846° East, 52.9145° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 74.054 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 66 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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