A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 91 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia (57 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us2000iypn. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000iypn. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/12/18 / 2018-12-28 18:51:00 / December 28, 2018 @ 6:51 pm. The temblor was detected at 05:51:00 / 5:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 164.6235 East, latitude 54.9391 North, depth = 10 km. 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourty-eight, in the past 30 days fourty-eight and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 91 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia.
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