A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 84 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia (52 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/12/18 / 2018-12-20 18:07:22 / December 20, 2018 @ 6:07 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 05:07:22 / 5:07 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j1rz. Unique identifier: us2000j1rz. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 164.7284° East, 54.9822° North.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twelve, in the last 10 days one hundred and twelve, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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