A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Chaganuzun in Russia. Exact location of event, depth 13.83 km, 88.1648° East, 49.9569° North. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:18:13 / 1:18 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13.83 km (9 miles). Global time and date of event 20/09/16 / 2016-09-20 07:18:13 / September 20, 2016 @ 7:18 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10006r07. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006r07.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kosh-Agach. Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Kosh-Agach (c. 5 700 pop).
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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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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. 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: 20 km SW of Chaganuzun, Russia.
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