A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 115 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia (71 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000c6ag. Unique identifier: us7000c6ag. The temblor was detected at 00:26:14 / 12:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 160.1989 East, latitude 53.5123 North, depth = 63.66 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 63.66 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/10/20 / 2020-10-21 00:26:14 / October 21, 2020 @ 12:26 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 115 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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