A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 82 km S of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia (51 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 32.76 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/12/18 / 2018-12-22 01:49:43 / December 22, 2018 @ 1:49 am. Exact location of event, depth 32.76 km, 162.2787° East, 55.4914° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j2jk. Id of event: us2000j2jk. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:49:43 / 12:49 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 82 km S of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia.
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