A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 79 km SSE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia (49 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/12/18 / 2018-12-27 05:49:09 / December 27, 2018 @ 5:49 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 54.95 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:49:09 / 4:49 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j44f. Unique identifier: us2000j44f. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 163.0415 East, latitude 55.5905 North, depth = 54.95 km.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 79 km SSE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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