A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 222 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (138 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 154.974° East, 48.8189° North, depth 55.52 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006x1c. Id of event: us70006x1c. The temblor was reported at 20:44:58 / 8:44 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.52 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/12/19 / 2019-12-21 10:44:58 / December 21, 2019 @ 10:44 am UTC/GMT.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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