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Light earthquake 4.8 mag, 79 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia


Earthquake location 53.0449S, 159.8085WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 15:04:46 / 3:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 159.8085 East, latitude 53.0449 North, depth = 48.845 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 48.845 km (30 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/01/25 / 2025-01-23 15:04:46 / January 23, 2025 @ 3:04 pm. Event id: us6000plt6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000plt6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighty-one 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light 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: 79 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 159.8085° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.0449° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 48.845 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 79 km E 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 2025-01-23 15:04:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-23 15:24:28 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 354 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 53 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 30.223 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 130 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 us6000plt6 Id of event.
Event Code 6000plt6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000plt6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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