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Light mag. 4.8 earthquake - 122 km southwest of Kamchatkataagy Petropavlovskaj, Russia, on Wednesday, Nov 24, 2021 at 4:12 am (GMT +12) -

Light magnitude 4.8 earthquake at 139 km depth

23 Nov 17:04 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 52 minutes.
23 Nov 17:20: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 144.0 to 145.0 km (from 89 to 90 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 4.8 km (3 mi) towards SE.
23 Nov 17:57: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 145.0 to 139.0 km (from 90 to 86 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 2.3 km (1.4 mi) towards SSW.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Nov 23, 2021 16:12:35 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Wednesday, Nov 24, 2021 at 4:12 am (GMT +12)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.8
Depth	139.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	52.32°N / 157.3°E (Kamchatka, Russia)
Antipode	52.32°S / 22.7°W
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Nearest volcano	Otdelniy (14 km / 9 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	96 km (60 mi) SW of Paratunka (pop: 1,770) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 101 km (63 mi) SW of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy-50 (Yelizovsky District, Камчатский край) (pop: 25,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 107 km (66 mi) NNE of Ozernovskiy (pop: 2,620) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 121 km (75 mi) SW of Yelizovo (pop: 40,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 122 km (76 mi) SW of Kamchatkataagy Petropavlovskaj (pop: 187,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 200 km (124 mi) NNE of Severo-Kuril'sk (Sakhalin Oblast) (pop: 2,420) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 278 km (173 mi) SSW of Mil'kovo (Milkovsky District) (pop: 8,250) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 396 km (246 mi) SSW of Atlasovo (pop: 5,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Overcast Clouds 0.5°C (33 F), humidity: 87%, wind: 7 m/s (13 kts) from E
Estimated seismic energy released	1 x 10¹² joules (278 megawatt hours, equivalent to 239 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
4.8	139 km	KAMCHATKA PENINSULA, RUSSIA	EMSC
4.8	147 km	94 Km SW of Paratunka, Russia	USGS
4.6	140 km	Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia	GFZ
4.8	144 km	Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia	RaspberryShake

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Seismic station: Magadan, Russia (MA2/IU network) | Distance from quake: 902 km / 561 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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