A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Aktash in Russia on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 87.8294 East, latitude 50.0578 North, depth = 46.83 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.83 km (29 miles). Unique identifier: us1000bvql. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000bvql. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 00:41:27 / 12:41 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/12/17 / 2017-12-24 18:41:27 / December 24, 2017 @ 6:41 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from Kosh-Agach (c. 5 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kosh-Agach.
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 27 km SSE of Aktash, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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