A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 75 km NNE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia (47 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 29/03/17 / 2017-03-29 05:27:50 / March 29, 2017 @ 5:27 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 17:27:50 / 5:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 42.47 km, 162.775° East, 56.89° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20008viu. Id of event: us20008viu. The epicenter was at a depth of 42.47 km (26 miles).
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 75 km NNE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia.
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