Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag was detected near Kuril’sk in Russia

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 198 km E of Kuril’sk, Russia (123 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 57.3 km (36 miles). The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:43:56 / 3:43 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us20003hhr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003hhr. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/09/15 / 2015-09-09 05:43:56 / September 9, 2015 @ 5:43 am. Exact location, longitude 150.4079° East, latitude 45.3165° North, depth = 57.3 km.

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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. 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: 198 km E of Kuril’sk, Russia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	150.4079° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	45.3165° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	57.3 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	198km E 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	2015-09-09 05:43:56	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-09-09 06:03:48	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	600	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	0	The total number of felt reports
CDI	1	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	416	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	5.562	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.87 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	us20003hhr	Id of event.
Event Code	20003hhr	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20003hhr,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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