A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 91 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia (57 miles) on Saturday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:08:45 / 2:08 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/12/18 / 2018-12-22 03:08:45 / December 22, 2018 @ 3:08 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 164.6873° East, 54.8617° North. Event id: us2000j2jz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j2jz.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-nine, in the last 10 days sixty-two, in the past 30 days sixty-three and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 91 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia.
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