A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 80 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia (50 miles) on Friday. Global time and date of event 20/12/18 / 2018-12-20 17:17:14 / December 20, 2018 @ 5:17 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j1t1. Id of event: us2000j1t1. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:17:14 / 4:17 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 164.8365° East, latitude 54.9152° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and five, in the last 10 days one hundred and five, in the past 30 days one hundred and six and in the last 365 days one hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 80 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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