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Moderate earthquake: M5 quake has struck near Kuril’sk in Russia


Earthquake location 45.6902S, 149.9444WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 169 km ENE of Kuril’sk, Russia (105 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/09/18 / 2018-09-12 00:28:12 / September 12, 2018 @ 12:28 am. The temblor was reported at 11:28:12 / 11:28 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 112.42 km, 149.9444° East, 45.6902° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 112.42 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us2000hd70. Event ids that are associated: us2000hd70.

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 169 km ENE of Kuril’sk, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 149.9444° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 45.6902° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 112.42 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 169km ENE of Kuril'sk, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-09-12 00:28:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-12 00:46:56 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 385 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 5.135 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.06 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 133 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 us2000hd70 Id of event.
Event Code 2000hd70 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000hd70, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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