A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 86 km E of Nikol’skoye, Russia (53 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us20009x6c. Event ids that are associated: us20009x6c. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/07/17 / 2017-07-18 01:03:05 / July 18, 2017 @ 1:03 am. The temblor was reported at 12:03:05 / 12:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 167.3228° East, latitude 55.0535° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 86 km E of Nikol’skoye, Russia.
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