A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 284 km NW of Ozernovskiy, Russia (176 miles) on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 478.68 km (297 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 06:40:41 / 6:40 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10007neh. Unique identifier: us10007neh. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/12/16 / 2016-12-28 20:40:41 / December 28, 2016 @ 8:40 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 153.8603 East, latitude 53.4792 North, depth = 478.68 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 284 km NW of Ozernovskiy, Russia.
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