A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 86 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia (53 miles). The temblor was detected at 06:43:51 / 6:43 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/12/18 / 2018-12-20 19:43:51 / December 20, 2018 @ 7:43 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 164.6773° East, 55.0011° North. Unique identifier: us2000j1s6. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j1s6.
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 fourteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 86 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia.
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