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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Nikol’skoye in Russia


Earthquake location 55.3286S, 166.4474WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 32 km ENE of Nikol’skoye, Russia (20 miles) on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27.44 km (17 miles). Global time and date of event 26/04/17 / 2017-04-26 11:25:27 / April 26, 2017 @ 11:25 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 23:25:27 / 11:25 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10008nau. Event ids that are associated: us10008nau. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 166.4474 East, latitude 55.3286 North, depth = 27.44 km.

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 three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 32 km ENE of Nikol’skoye, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 166.4474° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 55.3286° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 27.44 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 32km ENE of Nikol'skoye, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-04-26 11:25:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-25 11:07:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 720 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 271 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.129 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 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 us10008nau Id of event.
Event Code 10008nau An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10008nau, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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