A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 95 km E of Shikotan, Russia (59 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude 147.8843 East, latitude 43.9588 North, depth = 49 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/10/17 / 2017-10-23 21:26:19 / October 23, 2017 @ 9:26 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 07:26:19 / 7:26 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 49 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us1000aw4g. Event ids that are associated: us1000aw4g.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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