A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 269 km NW of Anadyr’, Russia (167 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 173.6114 East, latitude 66.5653 North, depth = 14.99 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:44:55 / 12:44 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/02/16 / 2016-02-16 00:44:55 / February 16, 2016 @ 12:44 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.99 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us200050gu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200050gu.
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. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 269 km NW of Anadyr’, Russia.
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