A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 88 km E of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia (55 miles) on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 16:16:22 / 4:16 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/05/19 / 2019-05-12 05:16:22 / May 12, 2019 @ 5:16 am. 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 earthquake, longitude 163.8864 East, latitude 56.1381 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us70003jz5. Unique identifier: us70003jz5.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 88 km E of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia.
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