A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 53 km SSW of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia (33 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:37:40 / 9:37 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70006qa0. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006qa0. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/12/19 / 2019-12-23 21:37:40 / December 23, 2019 @ 9:37 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 162.1574 East, latitude 55.778 North, depth = 15.55 km. 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 15.55 km (10 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 53 km SSW of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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