A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 77 km W of Nikol’skoye, Russia (48 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: 18/06/19 / 2019-06-18 18:21:56 / June 18, 2019 @ 6:21 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 50.25 km (31 miles). Event id: us600042ly. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600042ly. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:21:56 / 5:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 164.7857 East, latitude 55.1029 North, depth = 50.25 km.
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 one hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 77 km W of Nikol’skoye, Russia.
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