A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 74 km E of Nikol’skoye, Russia (46 miles). The earthquake occurred 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). Unique identifier: us20009z4l. Ids that are associated to the event: us20009z4l. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:53:36 / 11:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 167.1675 East, latitude 55.1949 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/07/17 / 2017-07-18 00:53:36 / July 18, 2017 @ 12:53 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 74 km E of Nikol’skoye, Russia.
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