A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 269 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (167 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/01/20 / 2020-01-05 17:31:30 / January 5, 2020 @ 5:31 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 154.4438° East, latitude 48.5191° North, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us70006v15. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006v15. The temblor was detected at 03:31:30 / 3:31 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty 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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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. 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: 269 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia.
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