A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 72 km W of Nikol’skoye, Russia (45 miles) on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j7q3. Id of event: us2000j7q3. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 164.8602° East, 55.2192° North. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:02:29 / 1:02 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/01/19 / 2019-01-05 14:02:29 / January 5, 2019 @ 2:02 pm.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 72 km W of Nikol’skoye, Russia.
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