A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 139 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (86 miles) on Thursday. Unique identifier: us1000hcwy. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hcwy. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/10/18 / 2018-10-10 17:02:19 / October 10, 2018 @ 5:02 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The temblor was detected at 03:02:19 / 3:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 156.1631° East, latitude 49.4261° North, depth = 35 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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