A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 272 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (169 miles) on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, 154.6569° East, 48.4185° North, depth 55.52 km. The temblor was detected at 01:37:52 / 1:37 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 55.52 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 03/12/17 / 2017-12-03 15:37:52 / December 3, 2017 @ 3:37 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000c23h. Id of event: us2000c23h.
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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each 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.
Did you feel it?
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: 272 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia.
Copyright © 2017 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply