A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 131 km S of Shumskiy, Russia (81 miles) on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20004fmc. Event ids that are associated: us20004fmc. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 98.7741 East, latitude 53.6688 North, depth = 16.68 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/12/15 / 2015-12-08 18:36:59 / December 8, 2015 @ 6:36 pm. The temblor was reported at 02:36:59 / 2:36 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 16.68 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 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 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: 131 km S of Shumskiy, Russia.
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