A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported Kuril Islands (0 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 154.4987 East, latitude 47.0404 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000g2ld. Unique identifier: us1000g2ld. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/07/18 / 2018-07-30 20:49:51 / July 30, 2018 @ 8:49 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 06:49:51 / 6:49 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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