A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was reported 51 km N of Provideniya, Russia (32 miles) on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 11:26:02 / 11:26 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000bj3e. Ids that are associated to the event: ak17165429, us2000bj3e. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/11/17 / 2017-11-05 23:26:02 / November 5, 2017 @ 11:26 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -173.1918 West, latitude 64.8414 North, depth = 15 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 15 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 51 km N of Provideniya, Russia.
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