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Moderate earthquake: M5.3 quake has struck near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy in Russia


Earthquake location 52.843S, 160.2418WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 109 kilometers (68 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy in Russia. Id of earthquake: us2000awvc. Event ids that are associated: us2000awvc. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:25:00 / 6:25 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 57.29 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 160.2418° East, 52.843° North, depth 57.29 km. Global time and date of event 29/09/17 / 2017-09-29 19:25:00 / September 29, 2017 @ 7:25 pm UTC/GMT.

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

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

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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: 109 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 160.2418° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.843° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 57.29 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 109km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-09-29 19:25:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-09-29 19:40:58 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 660 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.98 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.31 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 140 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000awvc Id of event.
Event Code 2000awvc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000awvc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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