A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 130 km W of Nikol’skoye, Russia (81 miles) on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/03/19 / 2019-03-28 18:57:25 / March 28, 2019 @ 6:57 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 05:57:25 / 5:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 163.9633 East, latitude 55.3817 North, depth = 35 km. Id of earthquake: us2000k6q7. Event ids that are associated: us2000k6q7.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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. 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: 130 km W of Nikol’skoye, Russia.
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