A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 117 km SSE of Korsakov, Russia (73 miles) on Saturday. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:47:29 / 10:47 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/09/15 / 2015-09-05 00:47:29 / September 5, 2015 @ 12:47 am. Exact location of event, longitude 143.532 East, latitude 45.7082 North, depth = 303.78 km. 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 303.78 km (189 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003gjd. Id of event: us20003gjd.
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 has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 117 km SSE of Korsakov, Russia.
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