A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 65 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (40 miles) on Wednesday. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:28:12 / 5:28 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 156.0541° East, 50.0927° North, depth 77.34 km. Unique identifier: us10007trt. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007trt. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/01/17 / 2017-01-17 18:28:12 / January 17, 2017 @ 6:28 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 77.34 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 65 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia.
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