A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Kichera in Russia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/07/15 / 2015-07-07 14:15:52 / July 7, 2015 @ 2:15 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 110.1192° East, 56.0337° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us20002vr6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002vr6. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:15:52 / 10:15 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Severobaykal’sk (c. 25 800 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Nizhneangarsk (c. 5 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Severobaykal’sk, Nizhneangarsk (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 10 km N of Kichera, Russia.
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