A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 66 km SW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (41 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 121.82 km (76 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us10006iwl. Unique identifier: us10006iwl. Exact location of earthquake, 155.365° East, 50.3259° North, depth 121.82 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/08/16 / 2016-08-30 22:53:22 / August 30, 2016 @ 10:53 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 09:53:22 / 9:53 am (local time epicenter).
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 two and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 66 km SW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia.
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