A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 139 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (86 miles) on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 42.01 km (26 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 155.9105 East, latitude 49.4324 North, depth = 42.01 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/10/18 / 2018-10-14 03:44:19 / October 14, 2018 @ 3:44 am. The temblor was detected at 13:44:19 / 1:44 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hdzf. Id of event: us1000hdzf.
Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 139 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia.
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