A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes Kuril Islands (0 miles) on Friday. Global time and date of event 07/12/17 / 2017-12-07 23:16:34 / December 7, 2017 @ 11:16 pm UTC/GMT. 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 21.27 km (13 miles). The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:16:34 / 9:16 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000c1wd. Id of event: us2000c1wd. Exact location, longitude 152.8695° East, latitude 47.4528° North, depth = 21.27 km.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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