A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 220 km ESE of Nikol’skoye, Russia (137 miles). Global time and date of event 24/07/17 / 2017-07-24 12:10:48 / July 24, 2017 @ 12:10 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:10:48 / 11:10 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 34.56 km, 168.9998° East, 54.2549° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000a0ei. Unique identifier: us2000a0ei. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34.56 km (21 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 twenty-two, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 220 km ESE of Nikol’skoye, Russia.
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