A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 79 km N of Shikotan, Russia (49 miles) on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 17:48:32 / 5:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/10/16 / 2016-10-27 06:48:32 / October 27, 2016 @ 6:48 am. Unique identifier: us100072ad. Ids that are associated to the event: us100072ad. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 146.91 East, latitude 44.5057 North, depth = 123.14 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 123.14 km (77 miles).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 79 km N of Shikotan, Russia.
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