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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Egvekinot in Russia

Posted by admin on May 21, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 67.8866S, -177.9232WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 182 km NNE of Egvekinot, Russia (113 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:27:34 / 11:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -177.9232° West, latitude 67.8866° North, depth = 10.727 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/05/24 / 2024-05-06 11:27:34 / May 6, 2024 @ 11:27 am. Unique identifier: us6000mwns. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mwns. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.727 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 182 km NNE of Egvekinot, Russia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -177.9232° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 67.8866° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.727 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 182 km NNE of Egvekinot, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-06 11:27:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-11 09:38:02 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.602 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 108 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 us6000mwns Id of event.
Event Code 6000mwns An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mwns, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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