A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes Komandorskiye Ostrova, Russia region (0 miles) on Friday. The temblor was detected at 03:11:50 / 3:11 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/12/18 / 2018-12-21 03:11:50 / December 21, 2018 @ 3:11 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 164.443° East, 54.8916° North. Id of earthquake: us2000ivqt. Event ids that are associated: us2000ivqt. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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