A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 50 km SSE of Lavrentiya, Russia (31 miles) on Wednesday. The temblor was detected at 01:23:06 / 1:23 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/02/25 / 2025-02-12 01:23:06 / February 12, 2025 @ 1:23 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.5 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0251z4ubdt. Id of event: ak0251z4ubdt. Exact location of event, depth 1.5 km, -170.434° West, 65.2087° North.
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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