A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 90 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia (56 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000j7x9. Event ids that are associated: us2000j7x9. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/01/19 / 2019-01-06 15:55:49 / January 6, 2019 @ 3:55 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 164.6868° East, latitude 54.8848° North, depth = 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:55:49 / 2:55 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 90 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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