A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 128 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia (80 miles) on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 164.087° East, 54.8367° North. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:14:38 / 1:14 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us2000j30v. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j30v. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 24/12/18 / 2018-12-24 02:14:38 / December 24, 2018 @ 2:14 am UTC/GMT.
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 fourty-six, in the last 10 days ninety-eight, in the past 30 days ninety-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 128 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia.
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