A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 92 km SSE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia (57 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 163.2463 East, latitude 55.5211 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/02/19 / 2019-02-02 00:04:51 / February 2, 2019 @ 12:04 am. The temblor was reported at 11:04:51 / 11:04 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000jc8h. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jc8h.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 92 km SSE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia.
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