A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 91 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia (57 miles) on Friday. Exact location, longitude 164.6347° East, latitude 54.9347° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 21/12/18 / 2018-12-21 05:29:20 / December 21, 2018 @ 5:29 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ivrs. Id of event: us2000ivrs. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:29:20 / 4:29 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 91 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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