A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 86 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia (53 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/12/18 / 2018-12-28 17:57:32 / December 28, 2018 @ 5:57 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j4hp. Id of event: us2000j4hp. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:57:32 / 4:57 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 164.7314 East, latitude 54.9023 North, depth = 10 km.
Every 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 fifteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventeen, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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