A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Vilyuchinsk in Russia on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 158.7184 East, latitude 52.6436 North, depth = 82.66 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/02/19 / 2019-02-08 17:08:38 / February 8, 2019 @ 5:08 pm. 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: us2000jfe5. Unique identifier: us2000jfe5. The temblor was reported at 05:08:38 / 5:08 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 82.66 km (51 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 45 km (28 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Vilyuchinsk (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 38 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia.
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