A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 114 km E of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia (71 miles). The temblor was reported at 16:44:10 / 4:44 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us100035ye. Unique identifier: us100035ye. Exact location of event, depth 30.61 km, 164.3199° East, 56.1954° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 30.61 km (19 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/08/15 / 2015-08-29 05:44:10 / August 29, 2015 @ 5:44 am.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 114 km E of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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