A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Dolinsk in Russia on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.7403 East, latitude 47.6911 North, depth = 41.78 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us600051h8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600051h8. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/08/19 / 2019-08-06 17:40:46 / August 6, 2019 @ 5:40 pm. The temblor was reported at 03:40:46 / 3:40 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.78 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Dolinsk (c. 12 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dolinsk. Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 two 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 80 km ENE of Dolinsk, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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