A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 95 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia (59 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000j1t0. Event ids that are associated: us2000j1t0. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:38:37 / 4:38 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/12/18 / 2018-12-20 17:38:37 / December 20, 2018 @ 5:38 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 164.5542° East, 54.9735° North.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 eleven, in the last 10 days one hundred and eleven, in the past 30 days one hundred and twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 95 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia.
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