A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 203 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (126 miles) on Saturday. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:51:04 / 11:51 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us60006rh7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006rh7. Exact location of earthquake, 154.8384° East, 49.0503° North, depth 78.45 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/12/19 / 2019-12-14 12:51:04 / December 14, 2019 @ 12:51 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 78.45 km (49 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 203 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia.
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