A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 158 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia (98 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g5aq. Id of event: us1000g5aq. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/08/18 / 2018-08-08 11:19:18 / August 8, 2018 @ 11:19 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 19.58 km (12 miles). Exact location of event, depth 19.58 km, 149.2889° East, 44.2179° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:19:18 / 9:19 pm (local time epicenter).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 158 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia.
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