A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 136 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (85 miles) on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 77.94 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/07/16 / 2016-07-08 10:51:57 / July 8, 2016 @ 10:51 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 155.7063 East, latitude 49.4827 North, depth = 77.94 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 20:51:57 / 8:51 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us100061wf. Ids that are associated to the event: us100061wf.
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 thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 136 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia.
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