A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Abaza in Russia. Event id: us20003fzk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003fzk. Exact location of earthquake, 89.6999° East, 52.4287° North, depth 15.59 km. The temblor was detected at 22:30:49 / 10:30 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 15.59 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/09/15 / 2015-09-03 15:30:49 / September 3, 2015 @ 3:30 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Abaza (c. 18 100 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Askiz (c. 6 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Tashtyp (c. 6 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Askiz, Tashtyp, Abaza. Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 36 km SW of Abaza, Russia.
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