A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 38 km SSW of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia (24 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/12/19 / 2019-12-22 13:18:39 / December 22, 2019 @ 1:18 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.2 km (25 miles). The temblor was picked up at 01:18:39 / 1:18 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 162.2359 East, latitude 55.9086 North, depth = 40.2 km. Id of earthquake: us70006pty. Event ids that are associated: us70006pty.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-eight 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 38 km SSW of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia.
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