A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 290 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (180 miles). Global time and date of event 12/08/18 / 2018-08-12 22:41:14 / August 12, 2018 @ 10:41 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 155.1155° East, latitude 48.1531° North, depth = 47.9 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000g7gh. Unique identifier: us1000g7gh. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:41:14 / 8:41 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 47.9 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 290 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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