A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 225 km W of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (140 miles) on Saturday. Exact location, longitude 152.9402° East, latitude 50.6225° North, depth = 317.32 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006f4n. Id of event: us10006f4n. The temblor was detected at 01:48:18 / 1:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/08/16 / 2016-08-19 15:48:18 / August 19, 2016 @ 3:48 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 317.32 km (197 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 225 km W of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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