A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 92 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia (57 miles) on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700039tt. Id of event: us700039tt. Exact location of earthquake, 164.7505° East, 54.7671° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 11:50:28 / 11:50 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 21/04/19 / 2019-04-21 00:50:28 / April 21, 2019 @ 12:50 am UTC/GMT.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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: 92 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia.
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