A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 139 km NNE of Tilichiki, Russia (86 miles) on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/01/17 / 2017-01-04 02:21:04 / January 4, 2017 @ 2:21 am. The temblor was reported at 14:21:04 / 2:21 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.27 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 15.27 km, 167.4934° East, 61.5185° North. Unique identifier: us10007uhc. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007uhc.
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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