A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 212 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia (132 miles) on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 02:36:32 / 2:36 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 161.6886 East, latitude 53.6215 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jpnd. Id of event: us2000jpnd. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/02/19 / 2019-02-17 15:36:32 / February 17, 2019 @ 3:36 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 212 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia.
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