A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 290 km NE of Zeya, Russia (180 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us600086lg. Unique identifier: us600086lg. Exact location of earthquake, 130.1215° East, 55.771° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 28/02/20 / 2020-02-28 23:09:09 / February 28, 2020 @ 11:09 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:09:09 / 8:09 am (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one 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.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 290 km NE of Zeya, Russia.
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