A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Kichera in Russia on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 17.8 km (11 miles). The temblor was reported at 13:53:47 / 1:53 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/03/16 / 2016-03-18 05:53:47 / March 18, 2016 @ 5:53 am. Id of earthquake: us20005anq. Event ids that are associated: us20005anq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 110.0523° East, latitude 55.9598° North, depth = 17.8 km.
Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Severobaykal’sk (c. 25 800 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Nizhneangarsk (c. 5 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Severobaykal’sk, Nizhneangarsk (min 5000 pop).
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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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