A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Tymovskoye in Russia. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 142.3783° East, latitude 50.3009° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 07:15:45 / 7:15 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/08/16 / 2016-08-16 21:15:45 / August 16, 2016 @ 9:15 pm. Id of earthquake: us10006ea0. Event ids that are associated: us10006ea0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy (c. 12 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Tymovskoye (c. 8 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Smirnykh (c. 7 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Smirnykh, Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy, Tymovskoye.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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. 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: 63 km SSW of Tymovskoye, Russia.
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