A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Yalkhoy-Mokhk in Russia. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:49:16 / 12:49 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000emc8. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000emc8. 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 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 09/06/18 / 2018-06-09 21:49:16 / June 9, 2018 @ 9:49 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 46.231° East, 43.0906° North.
Nearby country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lakha Nëvre, Kizlyar, Leninkent (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Groznyy (c. 226 100 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Khasavyurt (c. 126 800 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Buynaksk (c. 62 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Kizlyar (c. 50 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Urus-Martan (c. 41 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Kizilyurt (c. 33 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 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: 3 km ESE of Yalkhoy-Mokhk, Russia.
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