A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 58 km SSW of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia (36 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 162.0188° East, 55.7745° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006x3t. Id of event: us70006x3t. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/12/19 / 2019-12-23 16:28:45 / December 23, 2019 @ 4:28 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:28:45 / 4:28 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 58 km SSW of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia.
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