A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Artyshta in Russia. Unique identifier: us6000c90v. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000c90v. Exact location of event, longitude 86.1075 East, latitude 54.0404 North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/10/20 / 2020-10-17 17:21:09 / October 17, 2020 @ 5:21 pm. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:21:09 / 5:21 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 73 km (45 miles) from Novokuznetsk (c. 539 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Prokop’yevsk (c. 219 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Leninsk-Kuznetsky (c. 109 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Kiselëvsk (c. 104 000 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Belovo (c. 75 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Zarinsk (c. 52 200 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Osinniki (c. 48 900 pop). Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tayzhina, Osinniki, Kaltan.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 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.
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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 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: 15 km SW of Artyshta, Russia.
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