A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 99 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia (62 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j8b1. Id of event: us2000j8b1. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 09:18:41 / 9:18 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 164.4826 East, latitude 54.9776 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/01/19 / 2019-01-07 22:18:41 / January 7, 2019 @ 10:18 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 99 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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