A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 82 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia (51 miles). 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). Unique identifier: us2000j1t3. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j1t3. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 164.7402 East, latitude 55.0241 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:12:24 / 4:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/12/18 / 2018-12-20 17:12:24 / December 20, 2018 @ 5:12 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and three, in the last 10 days one hundred and three, in the past 30 days one hundred and four and in the last 365 days one hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 82 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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