A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 45 km SSW of Ozernovskiy, Russia (28 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/01/17 / 2017-01-31 19:11:25 / January 31, 2017 @ 7:11 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us10007whb. Event ids that are associated: us10007whb. The epicenter was at a depth of 134.73 km (84 miles). Exact location, longitude 156.2649° East, latitude 51.1239° North, depth = 134.73 km. The temblor was detected at 05:11:25 / 5:11 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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