A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported Kuril Islands (0 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 151.9757 East, latitude 45.9504 North, depth = 52.45 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 52.45 km (33 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/08/19 / 2019-08-17 12:54:49 / August 17, 2019 @ 12:54 pm. Unique identifier: us700058f9. Ids that are associated to the event: us700058f9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:54:49 / 10:54 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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