A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 86 km SSE of Kuril’sk, Russia (53 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 148.2251 East, latitude 44.4967 North, depth = 62.07 km. The temblor was reported at 03:58:31 / 3:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/05/19 / 2019-05-07 17:58:31 / May 7, 2019 @ 5:58 pm. Event id: us70003hyq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003hyq. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 62.07 km (39 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-three 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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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. 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: 86 km SSE of Kuril’sk, Russia.
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