A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 99 km ESE of Shikotan, Russia (62 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 49.21 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 147.7933 East, latitude 43.3518 North, depth = 49.21 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 01:37:31 / 1:37 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10002nae. Ids that are associated to the event: us10002nae. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/06/15 / 2015-06-20 15:37:31 / June 20, 2015 @ 3:37 pm.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 99 km ESE of Shikotan, Russia.
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