A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, Chukotskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia (0 miles). Exact location, longitude 170.9948° East, latitude 62.281° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/01/20 / 2020-01-09 09:56:48 / January 9, 2020 @ 9:56 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006wuz. Id of event: us70006wuz. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:56:48 / 9:56 pm (local time epicenter). 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 quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: Chukotskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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