A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 87 km W of Nikol’skoye, Russia (54 miles) on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/01/19 / 2019-01-04 03:22:45 / January 4, 2019 @ 3:22 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 14:22:45 / 2:22 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000j7ak. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j7ak. Exact location of earthquake, 164.629° East, 55.1387° North, depth 10 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 87 km W of Nikol’skoye, Russia.
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