A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Yelizovo in Russia. Exact location, longitude 158.53° East, latitude 54.0296° North, depth = 167.68 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 167.68 km (104 miles). Unique identifier: us20005b8r. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005b8r. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:18:46 / 3:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/03/16 / 2016-03-20 15:18:46 / March 20, 2016 @ 3:18 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 94 km N of Yelizovo, Russia.
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