A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 243 km ESE of Nikol’skoye, Russia (151 miles) on Thursday. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:48:42 / 8:48 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005q6b. Id of event: us70005q6b. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 03/10/19 / 2019-10-03 09:48:42 / October 3, 2019 @ 9:48 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 169.2672° East, 54.107° North, depth 10 km.
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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 243 km ESE of Nikol’skoye, Russia.
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