A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 88 km ESE of Ozernovskiy, Russia (55 miles) on Friday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:26:15 / 11:26 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 157.6192 East, latitude 51.1102 North, depth = 82 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007e9g. Id of event: us10007e9g. The epicenter was at a depth of 82 km (51 miles). Global time and date of event 02/12/16 / 2016-12-02 12:26:15 / December 2, 2016 @ 12:26 pm UTC/GMT.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 88 km ESE of Ozernovskiy, Russia.
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