A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Kichera in Russia on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 04:49:36 / 4:49 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.74 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000dcxp. Unique identifier: us2000dcxp. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/02/18 / 2018-02-25 20:49:36 / February 25, 2018 @ 8:49 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 18.74 km, 110.3916° East, 55.8951° North.
Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Severobaykal’sk, Nizhneangarsk (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Severobaykal’sk (c. 25 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Nizhneangarsk (c. 5 500 pop).
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 18 km ESE of Kichera, Russia.
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