A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Paratunka in Russia. The temblor was picked up at 18:22:24 / 6:22 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 125.09 km (78 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000a1c5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000a1c5. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/07/17 / 2017-07-21 06:22:24 / July 21, 2017 @ 6:22 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 157.768 East, latitude 52.3234 North, depth = 125.09 km.
Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vilyuchinsk (min 5000 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 76 km SSW of Paratunka, Russia.
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