A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 36 km NNE of Tilichiki, Russia (22 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.79 km (11 miles). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:15:09 / 10:15 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/12/17 / 2017-12-24 10:15:09 / December 24, 2017 @ 10:15 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000c2js. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000c2js. Exact location, longitude 166.2494° East, latitude 60.7853° North, depth = 17.79 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 36 km NNE of Tilichiki, Russia.
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