A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 177 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia (110 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/08/18 / 2018-08-26 05:57:11 / August 26, 2018 @ 5:57 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000ghh1. Unique identifier: us1000ghh1. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:57:11 / 3:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 149.5945 East, latitude 44.2039 North, depth = 7.87 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.87 km (5 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
Did you feel it?
Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 177 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia.
Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply