A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 160 km ESE of Nikol’skoye, Russia (99 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). 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: 20/07/17 / 2017-07-20 08:16:08 / July 20, 2017 @ 8:16 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us20009ydc. Unique identifier: us20009ydc. Exact location, longitude 168.2675° East, latitude 54.5956° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 20:16:08 / 8:16 pm (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 160 km ESE of Nikol’skoye, Russia.
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