A earthquake magnitude 6.3 (ml/mb) strikes 99 km ENE of Shikotan, Russia (62 miles) on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 38.15 km (24 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/07/15 / 2015-07-07 05:10:27 / July 7, 2015 @ 5:10 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20002vm7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002vm7. The temblor was reported at 15:10:27 / 3:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 147.9362 East, latitude 43.9859 North, depth = 38.15 km.
Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 99 km ENE of Shikotan, Russia.
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