A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 238 km ESE of Nikol’skoye, Russia (148 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000a16z. Id of event: us2000a16z. Exact location, longitude 169.2816° East, latitude 54.2161° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 16:02:54 / 4:02 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/07/17 / 2017-07-26 05:02:54 / July 26, 2017 @ 5:02 am.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days fourty-one 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 238 km ESE of Nikol’skoye, Russia.
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