A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 102 km W of Nikol’skoye, Russia (63 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:35:04 / 11:35 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 21/12/18 / 2018-12-21 00:35:04 / December 21, 2018 @ 12:35 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 164.4244 East, latitude 55.0125 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us2000ivp5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ivp5. 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 nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 102 km W of Nikol’skoye, Russia.
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