Moderate mag. 4.7 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 127 km east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia, on Thursday, Mar 3, 2022 at 3:23 pm (GMT +11) -
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Moderate magnitude 4.7 earthquake at 35 km depth
3 Mar 04:35 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 12 minutes.
3 Mar 05:58: Now using data updates from USGS
4 Mar 03:32: Epicenter location corrected by 3 km (1.8 mi) towards SSE.
3 Mar 05:58: Now using data updates from USGS
4 Mar 03:32: Epicenter location corrected by 3 km (1.8 mi) towards SSE.
Earthquake details
Date & time | Mar 3, 2022 04:23:19 UTC - |
Local time at epicenter | Thursday, Mar 3, 2022 at 3:23 pm (GMT +11) |
Status | Confirmed |
Magnitude | 4.7 |
Depth | 35.0 km |
Epicenter latitude / longitude | 53.3519°N / 160.4784°E |
Antipode | 53.352°S / 19.522°W |
Shaking intensity | Light shaking near epicenter |
Felt | 0 reports |
Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
Nearest volcano | Zhupanovsky (92 km / 57 mi) |
Nearby towns and cities | 127 km (79 mi) ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (pop: 187,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 141 km (87 mi) E of Yelizovo (pop: 40,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 146 km (91 mi) ENE of Vilyuchinsk (Yelizovsky District) (pop: 25,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 154 km (96 mi) ENE of Paratunka (pop: 1,770) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 193 km (120 mi) SE of Mil'kovo (Milkovsky District) (pop: 8,250) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 257 km (159 mi) SSE of Atlasovo (pop: 5,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 302 km (188 mi) S of Kozyrëvsk (pop: 1,240) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 308 km (192 mi) SSE of Esso (pop: 1,970) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 331 km (206 mi) S of Kljuchi (Ust-Kamchatsky District) (pop: 10,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 345 km (214 mi) SSW of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy (Ust-Kamchatsky District) (pop: 4,940) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
Estimated seismic energy released | 7.1 x 1011 joules (197 megawatt hours, equivalent to 169 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
4.7 | 35 km | 127 Km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia | USGS |
4.7 | 35 km | NEAR EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA | EMSC |
4.7 | 35 km | Near East Coast of Kamchatka | RaspberryShake |
5.0 | 10 km | Near East Coast of Kamchatka | GFZ |
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