A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Khadyzhensk in Russia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/10/16 / 2016-10-30 05:27:04 / October 30, 2016 @ 5:27 am. The temblor was picked up at 08:27:04 / 8:27 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000731g. Event ids that are associated: us1000731g. Exact location, longitude 39.5963° East, latitude 44.374° North, depth = 10 km.
Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Krasnodar (c. 649 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Sochi (c. 327 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Maykop (c. 158 500 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Tuapse (c. 64 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Labinsk (c. 61 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Belorechensk (c. 54 500 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Kurganinsk (c. 47 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khosta, Dinskaya, Yelizavetinskaya (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km SE of Khadyzhensk, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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