A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 77 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (48 miles). The temblor was reported at 17:42:56 / 5:42 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us70007v3e. Ids that are associated to the event: us70007v3e. Global time and date of event 23/02/20 / 2020-02-23 07:42:56 / February 23, 2020 @ 7:42 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 83.93 km (52 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 155.9234 East, latitude 49.9939 North, depth = 83.93 km.
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 one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 77 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia.
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