A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Novyy Uoyan in Russia on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 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: us7000cmj8. Unique identifier: us7000cmj8. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:37:09 / 12:37 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/12/20 / 2020-12-03 12:37:09 / December 3, 2020 @ 12:37 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 110.9737° East, 55.9185° North, depth 10 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Nizhneangarsk (c. 5 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nizhneangarsk.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 52 km WSW of Novyy Uoyan, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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