A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Katav-Ivanovsk in Russia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us1000h472. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h472. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/09/18 / 2018-09-29 09:06:49 / September 29, 2018 @ 9:06 am. Exact location of event, longitude 58.0047 East, latitude 54.7534 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:06:49 / 2:06 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Beloretsk, Mesyagutovo, Berdyaush (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Beloretsk (c. 70 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Satka (c. 49 400 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Trëkhgornyy (c. 34 500 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Asha (c. 33 000 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Ust’-Katav (c. 25 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Bakal (c. 21 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km W of Katav-Ivanovsk, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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