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Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag strikes near Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy in Russia

Posted by admin on July 7, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 55.5665S, 162.1019WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 77 km SSW of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia (48 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 162.1019 East, latitude 55.5665 North, depth = 73.444 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/07/24 / 2024-07-07 20:15:49 / July 7, 2024 @ 8:15 pm. The temblor was detected at 20:15:49 / 8:15 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000mxmx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mxmx. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 73.444 km (46 miles).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. 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: 77 km SSW of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 162.1019° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 55.5665° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 73.444 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 77 km SSW of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-07 20:15:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-07 20:32:52 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 465 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 106 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.253 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 65 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 us7000mxmx Id of event.
Event Code 7000mxmx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mxmx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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