A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Kichera in Russia on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 110.442° East, 55.8148° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:31:55 / 6:31 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/04/16 / 2016-04-29 22:31:55 / April 29, 2016 @ 10:31 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005ec6. Id of event: us10005ec6.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Severobaykal’sk (c. 25 800 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Nizhneangarsk (c. 5 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Severobaykal’sk, Nizhneangarsk (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light 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 was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 25 km ESE of Kichera, Russia.
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