A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 92 km W of Nikol’skoye, Russia (57 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j7r2. Id of event: us2000j7r2. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/01/19 / 2019-01-05 18:07:32 / January 5, 2019 @ 6:07 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 164.5652 East, latitude 55.3324 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:07:32 / 5:07 am (local time epicenter).
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 six, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 92 km W of Nikol’skoye, Russia.
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