A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 144 km NE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia (89 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:36:36 / 2:36 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 160.4246° East, latitude 53.7924° North, depth = 81.77 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/12/17 / 2017-12-22 15:36:36 / December 22, 2017 @ 3:36 pm. Unique identifier: us1000bv1d. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000bv1d. 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 81.77 km (51 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 144 km NE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia.
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