A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) strikes 90 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia (56 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 08:35:14 / 8:35 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 03/01/19 / 2019-01-03 21:35:14 / January 3, 2019 @ 9:35 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j04m. Unique identifier: us2000j04m. Exact location of event, longitude 164.7117 East, latitude 54.8546 North, depth = 10 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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. 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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