A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 91 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia (57 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000j1sy. Event ids that are associated: us2000j1sy. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/12/18 / 2018-12-20 17:26:44 / December 20, 2018 @ 5:26 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 04:26:44 / 4:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 164.6442° East, 54.9159° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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