A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 90 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia (56 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 164.6642 East, latitude 54.9233 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us2000ivhq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ivhq. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/12/18 / 2018-12-20 17:54:13 / December 20, 2018 @ 5:54 pm. The temblor was picked up at 04:54:13 / 4:54 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 90 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia.
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