A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 221 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia (137 miles) on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/01/20 / 2020-01-01 18:47:22 / January 1, 2020 @ 6:47 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 150.1472 East, latitude 44.0597 North, depth = 32.66 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 32.66 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:47:22 / 4:47 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us70006t83. Unique identifier: us70006t83.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 221 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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