A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 199 km SE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (124 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/03/20 / 2020-03-26 04:23:49 / March 26, 2020 @ 4:23 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 42 km (26 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 157.9051° East, 49.2959° North, depth 42 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:23:49 / 3:23 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008g7k. Id of event: us70008g7k.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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: 199 km SE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia.
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