A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 77 km S of Kuril’sk, Russia (48 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 148.0209 East, latitude 44.545 North, depth = 73.51 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/01/20 / 2020-01-29 06:14:06 / January 29, 2020 @ 6:14 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 73.51 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us60007iv7. Event ids that are associated: us60007iv7. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:14:06 / 4:14 pm (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 77 km S of Kuril’sk, Russia.
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