A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Kyzyl-Khaya in Russia on Wednesday. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:45:48 / 1:45 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/07/16 / 2016-07-13 06:45:48 / July 13, 2016 @ 6:45 am. Exact location of event, longitude 89.6643 East, latitude 49.9131 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000636v. Unique identifier: us1000636v.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kosh-Agach (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Kosh-Agach (c. 5 700 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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 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: 21 km SW of Kyzyl-Khaya, Russia.
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