A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 73 km S of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia (45 miles) on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/08/16 / 2016-08-31 00:37:19 / August 31, 2016 @ 12:37 am. The temblor was reported at 11:37:19 / 11:37 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us10006rm0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006rm0. Exact location, longitude 162.3152° East, latitude 55.5778° North, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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