A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Tymovskoye in Russia. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:28:39 / 9:28 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 15.26 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/08/16 / 2016-08-14 11:28:39 / August 14, 2016 @ 11:28 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.4752 East, latitude 50.5374 North, depth = 15.26 km. Id of earthquake: us10006erh. Event ids that are associated: us10006erh.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). The epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy (c. 12 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Tymovskoye (c. 8 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Smirnykh (c. 7 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Smirnykh, Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy, Tymovskoye.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 36 km SSW of Tymovskoye, Russia.
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