A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Istok in Russia. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/09/15 / 2015-09-05 05:00:31 / September 5, 2015 @ 5:00 am. Exact location, longitude 105.9178° East, latitude 52.0709° North, depth = 14.15 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.15 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us20003gkr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003gkr. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:00:31 / 1:00 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gusinoozyorsk, Kabansk (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 96 km (60 miles) from Gusinoozyorsk (c. 24 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Kabansk (c. 6 300 pop). Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 22 km W of Istok, Russia.
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