A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Turka in Russia. Exact location, longitude 107.9846° East, latitude 53.2483° North, depth = 13.88 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/07/15 / 2015-07-13 04:15:31 / July 13, 2015 @ 4:15 am. Event id: us20002x1s. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002x1s. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13.88 km (9 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:15:31 / 12:15 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ust’-Barguzin. The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Ust’-Barguzin (c. 7 200 pop).
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 four 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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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: 36 km NNW of Turka, Russia.
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