A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Tymovskoye in Russia. Unique identifier: us10006egg. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006egg. Exact location, longitude 142.3102° East, latitude 50.3799° North, depth = 16.72 km. Global time and date of event 17/08/16 / 2016-08-17 15:50:33 / August 17, 2016 @ 3:50 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 16.72 km (10 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 01:50:33 / 1:50 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (36 miles) from Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy (c. 12 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Tymovskoye (c. 8 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Smirnykh (c. 7 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Smirnykh, Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy, Tymovskoye. Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 57 km SSW of Tymovskoye, Russia.
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