A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 81 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia (50 miles) on Friday. Exact location, longitude 164.8229° East, latitude 54.9099° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:49:23 / 5:49 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j07a. Id of event: us2000j07a. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/01/19 / 2019-01-04 06:49:23 / January 4, 2019 @ 6:49 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fifty-five and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 81 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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