A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 295 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (183 miles) on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 37.88 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 05/01/20 / 2020-01-05 08:08:17 / January 5, 2020 @ 8:08 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 18:08:17 / 6:08 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us70006uy7. Event ids that are associated: us70006uy7. Exact location of event, depth 37.88 km, 155.0413° East, 48.1182° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 295 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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