A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 54 km NE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (34 miles) on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 125.89 km (78 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/11/16 / 2016-11-13 13:47:42 / November 13, 2016 @ 1:47 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 156.7058° East, latitude 51.0079° North, depth = 125.89 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007dbv. Id of event: us10007dbv. The temblor was picked up at 01:47:42 / 1:47 am (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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