A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy in Russia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.1 km (9 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 142.2617° East, 50.3781° North, depth 15.1 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/08/16 / 2016-08-14 11:21:32 / August 14, 2016 @ 11:21 am. The temblor was reported at 21:21:32 / 9:21 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10006eqy. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006eqy.
Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Smirnykh, Tymovskoye, Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 58 km (36 miles) from Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy (c. 12 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Tymovskoye (c. 8 000 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Smirnykh (c. 7 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 58 km S of Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy, Russia.
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