A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 150 km SSE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia (93 miles). Exact location, longitude 163.1922° East, latitude 54.9394° North, depth = 10 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:54:43 / 5:54 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 22/09/17 / 2017-09-22 18:54:43 / September 22, 2017 @ 6:54 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us2000atab. Event ids that are associated: us2000atab. The earthquake was roughly 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).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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 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: 150 km SSE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia.
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