A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude 159.2847 East, latitude 53.6698 North, depth = 132.87 km. 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 132.87 km (83 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nq40. Id of event: us6000nq40. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/08/24 / 2024-08-15 23:19:00 / August 15, 2024 @ 11:19 pm. The temblor was picked up at 23:19:00 / 11:19 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Yelizovo (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 80 km NNE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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