A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 132 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia (82 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000gaf9. Id of event: us2000gaf9. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 23.91 km (15 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 15:19:19 / 3:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 159.236 East, latitude 51.8498 North, depth = 23.91 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/07/18 / 2018-07-21 04:19:19 / July 21, 2018 @ 4:19 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 132 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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