A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 203 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (126 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 155.2309 East, latitude 48.9435 North, depth = 51.29 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 04:03:00 / 4:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/08/18 / 2018-08-01 18:03:00 / August 1, 2018 @ 6:03 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.29 km (32 miles). Unique identifier: us1000g47b. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000g47b.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 203 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia.
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