A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 207 km NE of Kuril’sk, Russia (129 miles). The temblor was reported at 23:14:14 / 11:14 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/03/16 / 2016-03-31 13:14:14 / March 31, 2016 @ 1:14 pm. Id of earthquake: us20005dne. Event ids that are associated: us20005dne. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 149.8068 East, latitude 46.5361 North, depth = 188.89 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 188.89 km (117 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 207 km NE of Kuril’sk, Russia.
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