A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Mariupol’ in Ukraine on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 07/08/16 / 2016-08-07 08:15:05 / August 7, 2016 @ 8:15 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 37.5175° East, 47.085° North. The temblor was detected at 11:15:05 / 11:15 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10006bxe. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006bxe. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop), Ukraine (c. 45 416 000 pop). The epicenter was 2 km (1 miles) from Mariupol (c. 481 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Berdyans’k (c. 118 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Yeysk (c. 87 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Dokuchayevs’k (c. 23 900 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Volnovakha (c. 23 700 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Prymors’k (c. 13 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Novoazovs’k (c. 12 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mospyne, Prymors’k, Novyy Svit (min 5000 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 has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 2 km NNE of Mariupol’, Ukraine. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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