A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 96 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia (60 miles) on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/12/18 / 2018-12-20 17:23:35 / December 20, 2018 @ 5:23 pm. Unique identifier: us2000j1rx. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j1rx. Exact location, longitude 164.6469° East, latitude 54.7975° North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 04:23:35 / 4:23 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 nine 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 96 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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