A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 211 km ESE of Nikol’skoye, Russia (131 miles) on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 37.04 km (23 miles). Global time and date of event 26/03/18 / 2018-03-26 17:12:41 / March 26, 2018 @ 5:12 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 04:12:41 / 4:12 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000d96s. Event ids that are associated: us1000d96s. Exact location of event, depth 37.04 km, 168.8207° East, 54.2289° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each 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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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 211 km ESE of Nikol’skoye, Russia.
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