A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 93 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia (58 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 20/04/19 / 2019-04-20 22:12:16 / April 20, 2019 @ 10:12 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:12:16 / 9:12 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us700039s4. Event ids that are associated: us700039s4. Exact location of event, longitude 164.7625 East, latitude 54.7352 North, depth = 10 km.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 93 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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