A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 253 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (157 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 14:05:31 / 2:05 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000gaj5. Id of event: us1000gaj5. Global time and date of event 11/08/18 / 2018-08-11 04:05:31 / August 11, 2018 @ 4:05 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 36.7 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 36.7 km, 154.7795° East, 48.5781° North.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 253 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia.
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