A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 18 km S of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia (11 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 44.48 km (28 miles). The temblor was detected at 13:49:11 / 1:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 162.4543 East, latitude 56.0635 North, depth = 44.48 km. Event id: us10006s7w. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006s7w. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/09/16 / 2016-09-24 01:49:11 / September 24, 2016 @ 1:49 am.
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. 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 18 km S of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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