A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 160 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (99 miles). Unique identifier: us7000cssz. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000cssz. The temblor was picked up at 23:27:04 / 11:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 155.9737 East, latitude 49.2354 North, depth = 35.11 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.11 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/12/20 / 2020-12-20 23:27:04 / December 20, 2020 @ 11:27 pm.
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 three and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
Did you feel the quake?
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: 160 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia.
Copyright © 2020 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply