A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 284 km WNW of Ozernovskiy, Russia (176 miles) on Thursday. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:21:14 / 8:21 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/06/17 / 2017-06-28 22:21:14 / June 28, 2017 @ 10:21 pm. Id of earthquake: us100096wt. Event ids that are associated: us100096wt. Exact location of event, longitude 152.7367 East, latitude 52.5424 North, depth = 496.79 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 496.79 km (309 miles).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: 284 km WNW of Ozernovskiy, Russia.
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