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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy in Russia


Earthquake location 53.6174S, 159.4286WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy in Russia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 86.27 km (54 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/12/19 / 2019-12-22 14:37:01 / December 22, 2019 @ 2:37 pm. Event id: us70006x2d. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006x2d. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 02:37:01 / 2:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 159.4286° East, latitude 53.6174° North, depth = 86.27 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. 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: 82 km NE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 159.4286° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.6174° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 86.27 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 82km NE 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 2019-12-22 14:37:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-12 15:37:11 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 720 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 271 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 0.756 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 131 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 us70006x2d Id of event.
Event Code 70006x2d An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70006x2d, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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