A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 27 km SSE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (17 miles) on Monday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:24:39 / 8:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 156.2253° East, latitude 50.4357° North, depth = 84.31 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 84.31 km (52 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/04/19 / 2019-04-07 21:24:39 / April 7, 2019 @ 9:24 pm. Unique identifier: us2000kby1. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000kby1.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 27 km SSE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia.
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