A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 109 km W of Nikol’skoye, Russia (68 miles) on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/12/18 / 2018-12-24 15:40:33 / December 24, 2018 @ 3:40 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 164.2798 East, latitude 55.2573 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 02:40:33 / 2:40 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000j30i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j30i. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-three, in the last 10 days ninety-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and in the last 365 days one hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 109 km W of Nikol’skoye, Russia.
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