A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, Chukotskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia (0 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 171.1101° East, 62.284° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/01/20 / 2020-01-09 08:47:01 / January 9, 2020 @ 8:47 am. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:47:01 / 8:47 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us70006wum. Event ids that are associated: us70006wum. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: Chukotskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia.
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