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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy in Russia


Earthquake location 55.6128S, 166.1869WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 241 km ESE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia (150 miles) on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude 166.1869 East, latitude 55.6128 North, depth = 35 km. Unique identifier: us6000pve5. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pve5. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:24:29 / 7:24 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/02/25 / 2025-02-17 07:24:29 / February 17, 2025 @ 7:24 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 241 km ESE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 166.1869° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 55.6128° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 241 km ESE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-17 07:24:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-12 23:49:27 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 36 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.561 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 170 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 us6000pve5 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pve5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pve5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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