A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 140 km ENE of Vostok, Russia (87 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 150.778 East, latitude 49.1768 North, depth = 363.15 km. The temblor was picked up at 07:26:29 / 7:26 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000b1wj. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000b1wj. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/09/17 / 2017-09-28 21:26:29 / September 28, 2017 @ 9:26 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 363.15 km (226 miles).
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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 140 km ENE of Vostok, Russia.
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