A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 102 kilometers (63 miles) from Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy in Russia. The temblor was reported at 14:00:39 / 2:00 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 117.06 km (73 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us2000c3q0. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000c3q0. Global time and date of event 13/12/17 / 2017-12-13 02:00:39 / December 13, 2017 @ 2:00 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.0686 East, latitude 55.7544 North, depth = 117.06 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Klyuchi. Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Klyuchi (c. 10 000 pop).
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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 102 km WSW of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia.
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