A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 93 km ESE of Atlasovo, Russia (58 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000b2tw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000b2tw. The epicenter was at a depth of 110.64 km (69 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:38:29 / 5:38 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 160.9422 East, latitude 55.2073 North, depth = 110.64 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/07/20 / 2020-07-17 17:38:29 / July 17, 2020 @ 5:38 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-eight 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 earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 93 km ESE of Atlasovo, Russia.
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