Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag has occurred near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.9854 East, latitude 53.174 North, depth = 69.822 km. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:37:33 / 1:37 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 69.822 km (43 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pmfn. Id of event: us6000pmfn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/01/25 / 2025-01-26 13:37:33 / January 26, 2025 @ 1:37 pm.

Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 107 km (66 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vilyuchinsk, Yelizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 91 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	159.9854° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	53.174° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	69.822 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	91 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	2025-01-26 13:37:33	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-26 13:57:01	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	432	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	59	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.819	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.01 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	us6000pmfn	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pmfn	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pmfn,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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