A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 140 km SSE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia (87 miles) on Friday. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:38:59 / 5:38 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/02/19 / 2019-02-21 18:38:59 / February 21, 2019 @ 6:38 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 163.0693° East, latitude 55.0114° North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000j9fu. Id of event: us1000j9fu.
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 eight, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 140 km SSE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia.
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