A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 247 km ESE of Nikol’skoye, Russia (153 miles) on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 15:40:02 / 3:40 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 18.69 km (12 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 169.2629 East, latitude 54.0343 North, depth = 18.69 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000a4gf. Event ids that are associated: us2000a4gf. Exact time and date of earthquake 31/07/17 / 2017-07-31 04:40:02 / July 31, 2017 @ 4:40 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 five, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days sixty-eight and in the last 365 days eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 247 km ESE of Nikol’skoye, Russia.
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