A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Yelizovo in Russia on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, 158.9568° East, 53.7621° North, depth 10 km. Event id: us2000j2f7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j2f7. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/01/19 / 2019-01-10 07:10:53 / January 10, 2019 @ 7:10 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 19:10:53 / 7:10 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Yelizovo.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 74 km NNE of Yelizovo, Russia.
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