A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 210 km WSW of Beringovskiy, Russia (130 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us600056w8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600056w8. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/08/19 / 2019-08-19 04:47:42 / August 19, 2019 @ 4:47 am. The temblor was detected at 16:47:42 / 4:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 175.4373° East, latitude 62.4054° North, depth = 10 km.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 210 km WSW of Beringovskiy, Russia.
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