A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy in Russia on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 63.3 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/07/19 / 2019-07-31 12:56:41 / July 31, 2019 @ 12:56 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.4968 East, latitude 52.5352 North, depth = 63.3 km. Id of earthquake: us60004xxv. Event ids that are associated: us60004xxv. The temblor was detected at 23:56:41 / 11:56 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Nearby country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 80 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia.
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