A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy in Russia. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/01/18 / 2018-01-14 14:04:55 / January 14, 2018 @ 2:04 pm. Event id: us2000cjid. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cjid. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.4492 East, latitude 52.9825 North, depth = 69.31 km. The temblor was reported at 02:04:55 / 2:04 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 69.31 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 54 km (33 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 54 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia.
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