A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 48 km NNE of Nikol’skoye, Russia (30 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:49:56 / 9:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/01/18 / 2018-01-27 22:49:56 / January 27, 2018 @ 10:49 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us2000cqh6. Event ids that are associated: us2000cqh6. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 166.2271° East, 55.6125° North, depth 10 km.
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 seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 48 km NNE of Nikol’skoye, Russia.
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