A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Tymovskoye in Russia on Sunday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:44:24 / 5:44 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.17 km (9 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/08/16 / 2016-08-27 19:44:24 / August 27, 2016 @ 7:44 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006umf. Id of event: us20006umf. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.5327 East, latitude 50.4171 North, depth = 15.17 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy (c. 12 000 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Tymovskoye (c. 8 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Smirnykh (c. 7 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Smirnykh, Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy, Tymovskoye (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 48 km S of Tymovskoye, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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