A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 158 km ESE of Nikol’skoye, Russia (98 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000c29c. Id of event: us1000c29c. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/01/18 / 2018-01-08 22:46:55 / January 8, 2018 @ 10:46 pm. The temblor was detected at 10:46:55 / 10:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 168.1505° East, latitude 54.4979° North, depth = 32.54 km. 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 32.54 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 158 km ESE of Nikol’skoye, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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