A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, Chukotskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia (0 miles). Event id: us70006wup. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006wup. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 171.3088 East, latitude 62.6563 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/01/20 / 2020-01-09 09:00:54 / January 9, 2020 @ 9:00 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 21:00:54 / 9:00 pm (local time epicenter).
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 nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: Chukotskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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