A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Severobaykal’sk in Russia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60005m61. Id of event: us60005m61. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 19:31:16 / 7:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 109.8511° East, latitude 55.2835° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/09/19 / 2019-09-23 11:31:16 / September 23, 2019 @ 11:31 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nizhneangarsk, Severobaykal’sk (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Severobaykal’sk (c. 25 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Nizhneangarsk (c. 5 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. 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: 52 km SE of Severobaykal’sk, Russia.
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