A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Shebunino in Russia on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 03:14:08 / 3:14 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 142.0939° East, latitude 46.1836° North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us1000az6p. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000az6p. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 31/10/17 / 2017-10-31 17:14:08 / October 31, 2017 @ 5:14 pm UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Wakkanai (c. 41 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Korsakov (c. 35 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Makubetsu (c. 25 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Nevel’sk (c. 17 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Aniva (c. 8 000 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Gornozavodsk (c. 5 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop), Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Makubetsu, Wakkanai, Korsakov (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 33 km SSE of Shebunino, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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