A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 236 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (147 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 57.98 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/05/16 / 2016-05-20 03:01:00 / May 20, 2016 @ 3:01 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 13:01:00 / 1:01 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005y45. Id of event: us20005y45. Exact location of event, longitude 155.3543 East, latitude 48.6105 North, depth = 57.98 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 236 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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