A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 53 km NNE of Nikol’skoye, Russia (33 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 166.2821° East, 55.6438° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/02/18 / 2018-02-01 17:34:16 / February 1, 2018 @ 5:34 pm UTC/GMT. 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 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:34:16 / 4:34 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000d127. Unique identifier: us2000d127.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 53 km NNE of Nikol’skoye, Russia.
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