A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Tiksi in Russia. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/01/21 / 2021-01-11 20:58:45 / January 11, 2021 @ 8:58 pm. The temblor was reported at 20:58:45 / 8:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 127.4125 East, latitude 71.6184 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000d7ic. Id of event: us6000d7ic. 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 10 km (6 miles).
The epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Tiksi (c. 5 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tiksi.
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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 51 km W of Tiksi, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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