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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy in Russia


Earthquake location 53.054S, 160.6351WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 133 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia (83 miles). The temblor was reported at 12:06:15 / 12:06 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h3ki. Id of event: us1000h3ki. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/09/18 / 2018-09-28 01:06:15 / September 28, 2018 @ 1:06 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 160.6351 East, latitude 53.054 North, depth = 42.91 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.91 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface.

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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 133 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 160.6351° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.054° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 42.91 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 133km E 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 2018-09-28 01:06:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-28 01:46:34 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 340 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 1.199 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 161 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 us1000h3ki Id of event.
Event Code 1000h3ki An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000h3ki, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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