A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 228 km W of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (142 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude 152.9265 East, latitude 50.4414 North, depth = 295.08 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/08/15 / 2015-08-31 21:54:14 / August 31, 2015 @ 9:54 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 295.08 km (183 miles). Id of earthquake: us20003f88. Event ids that are associated: us20003f88. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:54:14 / 7:54 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two 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: 228 km W of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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