A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, Chukotskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia (0 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:06:49 / 4:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 170.7242 East, latitude 62.3398 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/01/20 / 2020-01-09 16:06:49 / January 9, 2020 @ 4:06 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us70006wyc. Unique identifier: us70006wyc. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: Chukotskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia.
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