A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 88 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia (55 miles). The temblor was picked up at 09:25:13 / 9:25 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000j1ss. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j1ss. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/12/18 / 2018-12-20 22:25:13 / December 20, 2018 @ 10:25 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 164.6494 East, latitude 55.0045 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). 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 seventy-four, in the last 10 days seventy-four, in the past 30 days seventy-five and in the last 365 days seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 88 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia.
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