A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, Chukotskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia (0 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006wvi. Id of event: us70006wvi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 22:47:20 / 10:47 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/01/20 / 2020-01-09 10:47:20 / January 9, 2020 @ 10:47 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 170.9351 East, latitude 62.2185 North, depth = 10 km.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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