A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 262 km ESE of Nikol’skoye, Russia (163 miles) on Tuesday. The epicenter was 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). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 169.4268° East, 53.9306° North. Id of earthquake: us2000k902. Event ids that are associated: us2000k902. The temblor was detected at 14:50:58 / 2:50 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/04/19 / 2019-04-02 03:50:58 / April 2, 2019 @ 3:50 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 262 km ESE of Nikol’skoye, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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