A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 161 km ENE of Chul’man, Russia (100 miles) on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/01/17 / 2017-01-22 00:09:44 / January 22, 2017 @ 12:09 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 09:09:44 / 9:09 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, longitude 127.4508 East, latitude 57.267 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20008i4a. Unique identifier: us20008i4a.
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 161 km ENE of Chul’man, Russia.
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