A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported Chukotskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia (0 miles) on Thursday. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:17:59 / 8:17 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us70006wua. Event ids that are associated: us70006wua. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 09/01/20 / 2020-01-09 08:17:59 / January 9, 2020 @ 8:17 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 171.0542° East, latitude 62.2456° North, depth = 10 km. 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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