A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 17 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (11 miles) on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 95.27 km (59 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/06/18 / 2018-06-12 23:45:55 / June 12, 2018 @ 11:45 pm. Id of earthquake: us1000epg1. Event ids that are associated: us1000epg1. Exact location of event, depth 95.27 km, 156.3437° East, 50.607° North. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:45:55 / 10:45 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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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: 17 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia.
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