A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 33 km E of Kuril’sk, Russia (21 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/05/24 / 2024-05-21 06:46:46 / May 21, 2024 @ 6:46 am. The temblor was detected at 06:46:46 / 6:46 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 135.971 km (84 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 148.2966 East, latitude 45.2581 North, depth = 135.971 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mzzt. Unique identifier: us6000mzzt. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every 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.
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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. 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: 33 km E of Kuril’sk, Russia.
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