A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) strikes 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy in Russia on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/08/16 / 2016-08-14 11:15:14 / August 14, 2016 @ 11:15 am. The temblor was detected at 21:15:14 / 9:15 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10006dr1. Unique identifier: us10006dr1. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 142.258° East, 50.4274° North, depth 10 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Smirnykh, Tymovskoye, Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 53 km (33 miles) from Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy (c. 12 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Tymovskoye (c. 8 000 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Smirnykh (c. 7 100 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 52 km S of Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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