A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 66 km WSW of Palana, Russia (41 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 158.9051 East, latitude 58.8797 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/01/20 / 2020-01-02 23:11:31 / January 2, 2020 @ 11:11 pm. Id of earthquake: us70007143. Event ids that are associated: us70007143. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:11:31 / 10:11 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
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 eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 66 km WSW of Palana, Russia.
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