A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 158 km ESE of Nikol’skoye, Russia (98 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.2125 East, latitude 54.5758 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 12:53:22 / 12:53 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/02/19 / 2019-02-02 00:53:22 / February 2, 2019 @ 12:53 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000jc8y. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jc8y.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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