A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Yelizovo in Russia. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/02/16 / 2016-02-02 21:37:33 / February 2, 2016 @ 9:37 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 168.23 km (105 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 09:37:33 / 9:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 158.4879° East, 53.8886° North, depth 168.23 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004y4b. Id of event: us20004y4b.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yelizovo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 78 km (49 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 78 km N of Yelizovo, Russia.
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