A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Yelizovo in Russia. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/03/16 / 2016-03-13 18:42:53 / March 13, 2016 @ 6:42 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 158.6398° East, 53.9636° North, depth 159.45 km. The temblor was reported at 06:42:53 / 6:42 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10004x88. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004x88. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 159.45 km (99 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yelizovo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 88 km N of Yelizovo, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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