A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 182 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (113 miles) on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/09/15 / 2015-09-20 03:46:10 / September 20, 2015 @ 3:46 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us20003m3c. Unique identifier: us20003m3c. Exact location of event, longitude 154.9766 East, latitude 49.2149 North, depth = 71.95 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 71.95 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 14:46:10 / 2:46 pm (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 quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 182 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia.
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