A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 86 km W of Nikol’skoye, Russia (53 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/12/18 / 2018-12-26 23:39:02 / December 26, 2018 @ 11:39 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 10:39:02 / 10:39 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j3t0. Unique identifier: us2000j3t0. Exact location of event, longitude 164.6372 East, latitude 55.2072 North, depth = 10 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and twelve, in the past 30 days one hundred and twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 86 km W of Nikol’skoye, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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