A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 216 km ESE of Nikol’skoye, Russia (134 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20009z4t. Id of event: us20009z4t. Exact location of event, longitude 168.9839 East, latitude 54.309 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 18/07/17 / 2017-07-18 07:09:16 / July 18, 2017 @ 7:09 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:09:16 / 6:09 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-two, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 216 km ESE of Nikol’skoye, Russia.
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