A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 263 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (163 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:53:19 / 8:53 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/12/18 / 2018-12-09 10:53:19 / December 9, 2018 @ 10:53 am UTC/GMT. 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: us1000i5as. Unique identifier: us1000i5as. Exact location of event, longitude 154.8797 East, latitude 48.4533 North, depth = 35 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 263 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia.
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