A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Yelizovo in Russia on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 163.01 km (101 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us20005038. Unique identifier: us20005038. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/02/16 / 2016-02-14 07:31:20 / February 14, 2016 @ 7:31 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:31:20 / 7:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 158.5523° East, 54.0438° North, depth 163.01 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yelizovo. Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 96 km N of Yelizovo, Russia.
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