A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 47 km ENE of Nikol’skoye, Russia (29 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 166.6853 East, latitude 55.3531 North, depth = 28.29 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/10/17 / 2017-10-03 20:11:50 / October 3, 2017 @ 8:11 pm. Event id: us2000b0n8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000b0n8. The temblor was reported at 07:11:50 / 7:11 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 28.29 km (18 miles).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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: 47 km ENE of Nikol’skoye, Russia.
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