A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 198 km ESE of Shikotan, Russia (123 miles). Exact location, longitude 149.0318° East, latitude 43.189° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:38:58 / 4:38 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10004wlr. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004wlr. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/03/16 / 2016-03-10 18:38:58 / March 10, 2016 @ 6:38 pm UTC/GMT.
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 198 km ESE of Shikotan, Russia.
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