A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) strikes 22 km SW of Nikol’skoye, Russia (14 miles) on Sunday. The 5.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:24:06 / 1:24 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000c1lw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000c1lw. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/01/18 / 2018-01-07 02:24:06 / January 7, 2018 @ 2:24 am. 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 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 165.7061 East, latitude 55.0703 North, depth = 35 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 22 km SW of Nikol’skoye, Russia.
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