A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 222 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (138 miles). Global time and date of event 14/10/17 / 2017-10-14 18:30:23 / October 14, 2017 @ 6:30 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59.43 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us1000as89. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000as89. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 04:30:23 / 4:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 59.43 km, 155.0407° East, 48.8061° North.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 222 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia.
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