A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 89 km W of Nikol’skoye, Russia (55 miles). The 5.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:29:47 / 12:29 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000iwa7. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000iwa7. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 164.5905 East, latitude 55.1894 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/12/18 / 2018-12-22 13:29:47 / December 22, 2018 @ 1:29 pm.
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 89 km W of Nikol’skoye, Russia.
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