A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 171 km NNW of Kuril’sk, Russia (106 miles). Exact location, longitude 147.1594° East, latitude 46.6915° North, depth = 290.26 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 290.26 km (180 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 23:11:23 / 11:11 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20007eub. Unique identifier: us20007eub. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/10/16 / 2016-10-10 13:11:23 / October 10, 2016 @ 1:11 pm.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 six 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.
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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. 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: 171 km NNW of Kuril’sk, Russia.
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