A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 143 km SW of Nikol’skoye, Russia (89 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:14:47 / 6:14 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70008q3d. Ids that are associated to the event: us70008q3d. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/04/20 / 2020-04-06 19:14:47 / April 6, 2020 @ 7:14 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 164.1943° East, 54.4242° North, depth 10 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 143 km SW of Nikol’skoye, Russia.
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