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Light mag. 4.5 earthquake - 274 km northeast of Kamchatkataagy Petropavlovskaj, Russia, on Saturday, Mar 20, 2021 at 2:33 pm (GMT +12)

Light magnitude 4.5 earthquake at 40 km depth

20 Mar 02:54 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 21 minutes.
20 Mar 04:16: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 10.0 to 40.0 km (from 6.2 to 25 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 13 km (8.3 mi) towards N.

Update Sat, 20 Mar 2021, 03:00

Moderate earthquake of magnitude 4.5 just reported 107 km southeast of Kozyrëvsk, Russia

4.5 quake 20 Mar 2:33 pm (GMT +12)

Just 27 minutes ago, a 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Kozyrëvsk, Kamchatka, Russia. The tremor was recorded early afternoon on Saturday 20 March 2021 at 2:33 pm local time, at a shallow depth of 10 km below the surface.
The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.
A second report was later issued by the United States Geological Survey, which listed it as a magnitude 4.5 earthquake as well.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Kozyrëvsk (pop. 1,200) located 107 km from the epicenter.
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Earthquake details

Date & time	Mar 20, 2021 02:33:18 UTC
Local time at epicenter	Saturday, Mar 20, 2021 at 2:33 pm (GMT +12)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.5
Depth	40.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	55.27°N / 160.49°E (Kamchatka, Russia)
Antipode	55.27°S / 19.51°W
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Nearest volcano	Kizimen (12 km / 7 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	65 km (41 mi) SE of Atlasovo (pop: 5,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 95 km (59 mi) SSE of Kozyrëvsk (pop: 1,240) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 119 km (74 mi) S of Kljuchi (Ust-Kamchatsky District) (pop: 10,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 134 km (83 mi) ESE of Esso (pop: 1,970) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 135 km (84 mi) ENE of Mil'kovo (Milkovsky District) (pop: 8,250) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 164 km (102 mi) SW of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy (Ust-Kamchatsky District) (pop: 4,940) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 269 km (167 mi) NNE of Yelizovo (pop: 40,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 274 km (170 mi) NNE of Kamchatkataagy Petropavlovskaj (pop: 187,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 294 km (182 mi) NNE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy-50 (Yelizovsky District, Камчатский край) (pop: 25,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 298 km (185 mi) SSE of Tigil' (pop: 1,990) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Light Snow -6.8°C (20 F), humidity: 91%, wind: 2 m/s (4 kts) from SW
Estimated seismic energy released	3.5 x 10¹¹ joules (98.6 megawatt hours, equivalent to 84.8 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.5	40 km	KAMCHATKA PENINSULA, RUSSIA	EMSC
4.5	10 km	74 Km SE of Atlasovo, Russia	USGS

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Magadan, Russia (MA2/IU network) | Distance from quake: 752 km / 467 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Magadan, Russia: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.2-5.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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