A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Magdagachi in Russia on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, 125.6057° East, 53.7477° North, depth 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/12/16 / 2016-12-12 02:31:10 / December 12, 2016 @ 2:31 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20008034. Unique identifier: us20008034. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:31:10 / 11:31 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Magdagachi (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Magdagachi (c. 11 700 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 35 km NNW of Magdagachi, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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