A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 243 km NW of Ozernovskiy, Russia (151 miles) on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/12/16 / 2016-12-24 03:03:00 / December 24, 2016 @ 3:03 am. Exact location of event, longitude 154.0699 East, latitude 53.0936 North, depth = 439.48 km. Id of earthquake: us10007mfg. Event ids that are associated: us10007mfg. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:03:00 / 1:03 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 439.48 km (273 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 four 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 243 km NW of Ozernovskiy, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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