A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Nizhneangarsk in Russia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:49:12 / 12:49 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nsmf. Id of event: us7000nsmf. Exact location of earthquake, 109.4194° East, 56.2432° North, depth 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/10/24 / 2024-10-31 00:49:12 / October 31, 2024 @ 12:49 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Severobaykal’sk, Nizhneangarsk (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (42 miles) from Severobaykal’sk (c. 25 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Nizhneangarsk (c. 5 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop).
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 51 km NNW of Nizhneangarsk, Russia.
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