A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Yelizovo in Russia. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:10:11 / 8:10 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/06/18 / 2018-06-16 20:10:11 / June 16, 2018 @ 8:10 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 144.21 km (90 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000etg7. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000etg7. Exact location of earthquake, 158.4982° East, 53.3947° North, depth 144.21 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Yelizovo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 24 km NNE of Yelizovo, Russia.
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