A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Kuanda in Russia on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/09/15 / 2015-09-02 19:46:52 / September 2, 2015 @ 7:46 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 16.15 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us20003ftx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003ftx. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 115.7456 East, latitude 56.8172 North, depth = 16.15 km. The temblor was detected at 03:46:52 / 3:46 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taksimo, Kuanda (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Taksimo (c. 10 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Kuanda (c. 9 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 59 km NNW of Kuanda, Russia.
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