A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 291 km SE of Vostok, Russia (181 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 152.0001 East, latitude 47.3129 North, depth = 108.19 km. Global time and date of event 22/05/18 / 2018-05-22 19:11:02 / May 22, 2018 @ 7:11 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 108.19 km (67 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us1000ec17. Event ids that are associated: us1000ec17. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 05:11:02 / 5:11 am (local time epicenter).
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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 291 km SE of Vostok, Russia.
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