A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Kichera in Russia. The temblor was detected at 07:28:54 / 7:28 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 03/08/16 / 2016-08-03 23:28:54 / August 3, 2016 @ 11:28 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 110.6559° East, 56.0838° North, depth 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100069ya. Id of event: us100069ya. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Nizhneangarsk (c. 5 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nizhneangarsk (min 5000 pop).
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 has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 38 km ENE of Kichera, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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