A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Kurumkan in Russia on Sunday. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:13:34 / 7:13 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 14/01/17 / 2017-01-14 23:13:34 / January 14, 2017 @ 11:13 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 14.53 km (9 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007w7z. Id of event: us10007w7z. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 111.2232° East, 54.9041° North, depth 14.53 km.
Event epicenter was 88 km (54 miles) from Kurumkan (c. 5 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kurumkan (min 5000 pop).
Every 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. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 89 km NE of Kurumkan, Russia.
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