A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 40 km NE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia (25 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 162.8689 East, latitude 56.5227 North, depth = 17.06 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005d6m. Id of event: us10005d6m. Global time and date of event 02/05/16 / 2016-05-02 23:36:44 / May 2, 2016 @ 11:36 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 17.06 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:36:44 / 11:36 am (local time epicenter).
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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 40 km NE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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